Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
600188000 | With means to transmit view from distal end | 69 |
20080249370 | VIDEO BLADE LARYNGOSCOPE - A laryngoscope including a control circuit that is detachably connectable to a handle, where the control circuit functions and is compatible with a wide variety of displays. The laryngoscope may optionally be used in either the video mode where the user views a display presenting image data of the area ahead of the blade, or the user may use the laryngoscope in the direct visualization where the user uses the laryngoscope in a traditional manner directly viewing the area ahead of the blade during the intubation procedure. When used in the video mode, an LED is positioned adjacent to a window enclosing the digital image sensor to defog the window. | 10-09-2008 |
20080312507 | Apparatus and method for imaging-assisted intubation using pre-existing practitioner skill set - An apparatus facilitates indirect visualization of vocal cords during intubation. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: a laryngoscope, the laryngoscope configured to be held during use by a first hand of a medical worker having two hands; a visual display device, the visual display device configured to be coupled to the laryngoscope for physical support of the visual display device during use; and an image acquisition device for acquiring imagery for display on the visual display device, a distal end of the image acquisition device configured to be disposed near a distal end of an elongated element, the elongated element configured to be physically moved during use primarily by a second hand of the medical worker, and thereby the distal end of the image acquisition device being configured to be physically moved during use primarily by the second hand, the first and second hands being the two hands of the medical worker, the imagery for helping to visualize, during use, an opening that is a target for insertion of the ET tube. | 12-18-2008 |
20090209826 | Intubation systems and methods - A device, a system, and a method for intubation are disclosed. The intubation device includes a handle disposed at a proximal end of the intubation device, a guiding tip having a camera disposed at a distal end of the intubation device, an inter-trachea tube connecting the handle and the guiding tip. The camera is configured to guide insertion of an intra-trachea tube into a patient, wherein the guiding tip is configured to be inserted inside the intra-trachea tube while the handle remains outside the intra-trachea tube. | 08-20-2009 |
20090247833 | ADAPTER FOR REMOVABLY COUPLING A CAMERA TO A LARYNGOSCOPE AND LARYNGOSCOPE AND SYSTEM USING SAME - An adapter for removably coupling a camera to a laryngoscope and a laryngoscope and system using same is disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes an adapter for removably coupling a camera to a laryngoscope, the laryngoscope having a laryngoscope blade with a first end and a second end. The adapter includes an adapter body having a first attachment member for attaching the adapter body to a laryngoscope and a second attachment member for attaching a camera to the adapter body and for holding the camera in a predetermined orientation with respect to the laryngoscope. | 10-01-2009 |
20090299146 | Laryngoscope Blade - A laryngoscope blade which improves the transmission of light from the laryngoscope to enhance the amount of light reflected from an area of interest in a patient. The laryngoscope blade has a channel which extends at least partially though the blade and receives a light source. The channel has a substantially transparent end face which is situated towards the blade end and has an optical clement adapted to reduce the ambient light signal from the light source in the channel. | 12-03-2009 |
20100168521 | LUMINOUS OPTICAL LARYNGOSCOPE - The invention relates to a luminous optical laryngoscope having a heating device built into the end that is inserted into the patient or the distal end thereof in order to prevent the formation of condensation and to facilitate viewing inside the patient through the laryngoscope. | 07-01-2010 |
20100261968 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AIRWAY MANAGEMENT - The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate improving visualization associated with intubation. A dynamical articulating laryngoscope can include a handle assembly and a blade assembly. The blade assembly can further include a main blade assembly, a proximal blade assembly, and a distal blade assembly. A medium control articulation point can couple the main blade assembly and the proximal blade assembly, and a fine control articulation point can couple the distal blade assembly and the proximal blade assembly. Further, the proximal blade assembly can pivot relative to the main blade assembly around the medium control articulation point and/or the distal blade assembly can pivot relative to the proximal blade assembly around the fine control articulation point. Pivoting about the medium control articulation point and/or the fine control articulation point can be effectuated by one or more blade control components. | 10-14-2010 |
20100298644 | CO-AXIAL ORAL INTUBATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A co-axial oral intubation device includes a generally J-shaped blade (flat or curved) with handle portion to deliver a flexible airway instrument, such as a fiber optic bronchoscope, when coupled to the blade into the trachea of a patient for subsequent co-axial intubation with the flexible airway instrument. The blade is long enough that the handle portion remains outside the patient for manipulation, after insertion into the patient's airway. An enclosed guide is coupled to the back side of the blade, conforming to the blade, for guiding and holding the flexible airway instrument. An oral intubation system includes the co-axial oral intubation device, together with a flexible airway instrument. | 11-25-2010 |
20100312059 | LARYNGOSCOPE - Disclosed is a laryngoscope comprising a handle and an insertion section which extends from the handle, wherein the insertion section comprises a tube guide for retaining and guiding an endotracheal tube during intubation, wherein the handle comprises at least one external tube engaging formation, such as a tube guiding member or tube retaining member. There is also disclosed a laryngoscope having a handle and insertion section which adapted to detachably retain and guide an endotracheal tube along a lateral side of the insertion section and handle such that a retained endotracheal tube is continuously curved, and preferably under flexural tension, from the most proximal location where the handle contacts the retained endotracheal tube to the most distal location where the insertion section contacts the superior side of a retained endotracheal tube. | 12-09-2010 |
20110060190 | LARYNGOSCOPE APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED VIEWING CAPABILITY - Laryngoscope apparatus including a curved laryngoscope blade and an optical system for affording a field of view along a deflected line of sight for reducing patient manipulation and/or the degree of force required to achieve a good glottic view. | 03-10-2011 |
20110077466 | LARYNGOSCOPE GUIDE AND RELATED METHOD OF USE - A laryngoscope guide including a guide conduit for advancing an introducer. The guide can house an imaging system having a field of view and an optical axis. The guide can include a distal tip and a first blade plane that bisects the distal tip and/or the blade. The guide conduit can define an advancement axis projecting into the field of view, the advancement axis aligned to traverse and/or intersect at least one of the first blade plane and the optical axis. The orientation of the advancement axis relative to the first blade plane and/or optical axis can assist in viewing, aligning and optionally steering the introducer with the guide into a preselected location in a subject, such as a glottis or a trachea, to optionally establish an airway. The guide is suitable for use where neck mobility is an issue, an airway is difficult, or a subject is obese. | 03-31-2011 |
20110130632 | Visualization Instrument - A visualization instrument comprising a display support component removably coupled to a component insertable into a target space. The insertable component includes a camera providing images of the target space. The images are presented in a display device supported by the display support component. The insertable component may be discarded after a permitted number of uses. | 06-02-2011 |
20110137127 | Dual screen intubation system - A system and method are disclosed for using a laryngoscope blade with a camera and an endotracheal intubation device with a camera to enable simultaneous viewing of images from the two cameras on a display means such as an LCD display screen. The system enables accurate insertion and placement of an endotracheal tube in a patient with less risk to the patient. | 06-09-2011 |
20110144436 | AIRWAY MANAGEMENT - The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate improving visualization associated with intubation. A dynamically articulating laryngoscope blade can be controlled to configure to normal anatomic variants and pathologic abnormalities to facilitate placing of an endotracheal tube into a patient's trachea. Further, cameras can be integrated into and/or mounted upon the dynamically articulating laryngoscope blade. The cameras can enable stereoscopic visualization of the laryngeal aperture allowing for depth perception. Moreover, the cameras can be moved independently of the blade allowing for optimal viewing of the laryngeal opening. | 06-16-2011 |
20110178372 | CHANNEL LARYNGOSCOPES AND SYSTEMS - Video-based laryngoscopes having an external centrally located channel coursing from the handle to a curved blade configured to deliver an ETT to a trachea as visualized by a non-removable, or alternatively, a removable video camera and lighting unit located beneath the external channel. The channel laryngoscope may be made for single use in a patient and discarded, or be processed for re-use. Alternatively, the channel laryngoscope may have a removable video camera and lighting member located within an internal chamber that runs parallel with the external channel. In another embodiment a laryngoscope adapter may be detachably affixable to the channel laryngoscope equipped with the non-removable camera to provide a decontaminated or sterile surface to permit re-use of the channel laryngoscope without having to undergo washing or decontamination procedures. | 07-21-2011 |
20110201890 | LARYNGOSCOPE GUIDE AND RELATED METHOD OF USE - A method of using a laryngoscope guide including a guiding conduit for advancing an introducer. The method can be used to intubate a subject by positioning the laryngoscope guide in an airway; advancing the introducer in the conduit until an end of the introducer enters the glottis, while viewing images of the introducer end; removing the laryngoscope guide with the guide conduit from the introducer and from the airway; guiding a tube with the introducer until an end of the tube enters the glottis; and removing the introducer from the tube with the end of the tube remaining in the glottis, and in particular, in the trachea, to establish an airway. The guide and method can enable a healthcare professional to intubate a subject where neck mobility is an issue, where an airway is difficult, and/or where a subject is obese. | 08-18-2011 |
20110237896 | ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE WITH INTRINSIC SUCTION & ENDOTRACHEAL SUCTION CONTROL VALVE - An improved endotracheal tube providing a built in suction channel for the removal of excessive secretions from the lumen of said tube and the tracheobronchial system is disclosed. Control valves for regulating the suction feature are also disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the endotracheal tube includes an additional suction channel, an above-the-cuff suction channel adapted to remove secretions above the cuff outside the endotracheal tube and within the trachea. Additionally, in at least one embodiment, the endotracheal tube is configured for use with an endoscope for videolaryngoscopy, and the like. Furthermore, in at least one embodiment, an improved technology for the administration of medications within the tracheobronchial system is disclosed. | 09-29-2011 |
20110270038 | VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE - A video laryngoscope has a handle and a groove on one side of the handle. The groove is used for guiding a guide wire when the larynogoscope is placed in a patient's mouth. A video camera located near the end of the handle is used to view the area around the glottis. When the guide wire is properly positioned near the glottis, the upper part of the guide wire is disengaged from the groove so as to allow an endotracheal tube to be slipped over the guide wire and to be inserted into part of the trachea through the glottis. When the tube is properly inserted for intubation, the guide wire is removed from the tube. An illuminating light source such as an LED lamp can be installed at the end of the handle to provide illumination for the video camera. | 11-03-2011 |
20110306839 | GUIDING DEVICE FOR USE WITH LARYNGOSCOPE - A guiding device for use with a laryngoscope for assisting in the insertion of an endotracheal tube into a patient, the device comprising a guiding means for guiding an endotracheal tube through the patient's upper airways, and an attachment means to attach the guiding means to the blade of the laryngoscope. A laryngoscope comprising the guiding device is also disclosed. | 12-15-2011 |
20120071725 | LARYNGOSCOPE - A laryngoscope comprising a handle, a blade holding element, a releasable blade and releasable attachment means to attach the blade to the blade holding element, and handle and a blade for such a laryngoscope. | 03-22-2012 |
20120078055 | Video stylet with directable tip - A video intubation system that provides for multiple image streams to be simultaneously presented to a user, the first image stream generated by a video laryngoscope and the second image stream generated by a video stylet. The video stylet is provided with a deflection section for ease of introducing an ETT into the trachea of a patient, the video stylet having a pistol-type grip and a control interface in the form of a trigger-type lever to facilitate comfortable griping and manipulation by the user. | 03-29-2012 |
20120095294 | INSERTION SECTION FOR LARYNGOSCOPE WITH LATERAL TUBE GUIDE - A laryngoscope insertion section for a laryngoscope, which is typically a video laryngoscope, includes a lateral tube guide configured to retain an endotracheal tube in a plane. A viewing port for a camera or other image collector is laterally displaced from the plane of the endotracheal tube. The said plane of the endotracheal tube is aligned substantially in the same plane as a patients median plane and the tube can be advanced into the larynx using a natural curving motion similar to the motion used to introduce an endotracheal tube using a convention laryngoscope. In a preferred embodiment, the distal tip of the insertion section and a retained endotracheal tube will be located in the patients median plane during intubation. As the tube guide retains endotracheal tubes substantially in a plane, lateral curvature is avoided, reducing resistance to advancement of the tube. | 04-19-2012 |
20120178999 | LARYNGOSCOPE - A laryngoscope is provided with which an operator can directly observe the trachea inlet portion of a patient easily by safely and surely lifting the epiglottis of the patient with a proximal end portion of a laryngoscope blade which is inserted in the mouth of the patient. The blade is connected to a distal end portion of a grippable handle, a first electrode is mounted on a distal end portion of the blade, and a second electrode is configured to adhere to a skin surface of the patient in the vicinity of the epiglottis, and a low frequency current is supplied to flow between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 07-12-2012 |
20120197086 | MEDICAL VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE AND APPARATUS - According to various embodiments, an airway visualization device may facilitate the selection and insertion of airway devices. The device may allow clinicians to more effectively determine the appropriate diameter tracheal tube for a particular patient, which in turn may decrease work of breathing and/or discomfort for the patient. In particular embodiments, the airway visualization device provides a displayed image of the patient's airway upon which a representative tracheal tube or other airway device may be superimposed. The clinician may evaluate the superimposed image to determine if the representative tracheal tube is appropriately sized for the airway. | 08-02-2012 |
20120215069 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING VIDEO CAPABIILITY - An improved medical instrument having a rigid blade, a handle, a power source, and an easily removable video imaging device such as a video monitor is provided. The distal end comprises a series of channels extending along the blade in which one houses a fiber optic illuminating bundle for transmitting light into an area beyond said distal end of the blade, another channel carries an image bundle for transmitting visual images from said area to a position adjacent said proximal end of said blade and a third channel houses an intubation tube installation device or other instrument. The images are carried through the channel and the handle to the video imaging device. A quick release adaptor is connected through a hollow tube containing the image bundle to the laryngoscope handle at the end opposite the blade. The video imaging device is attached to the adaptor and may be easily release or detached therefrom. | 08-23-2012 |
20120259176 | LARYNGOSCOPE ASSEMBLY WITH ENHANCED VIEWING CAPABILITY - A laryngoscope assembly with enhanced viewing capability including a laryngoscope handle having a permanently mounted laryngoscope optical system. The laryngoscope optical system has a view tube with a leading aperture lens for affording a field of view along a deflected line of sight viewing in an operative intubation position. The laryngoscope handle includes a laryngoscope optical system securing arrangement for mechanically securing the laryngoscope optical system in the operative intubation position. The laryngoscope assembly also includes an interchangeable laryngoscope blade including a trailing view tube sleeve for slidably mounting on the view tube and a leading spatula wherein the view tube sleeve has a leading transparent window for covering the aperture lens. The laryngoscope assembly further includes a blade securing arrangement for mechanically securing the laryngoscope blade on the laryngoscope handle in the operative intubation position. | 10-11-2012 |
20120316398 | ADJUSTABLE DISPLAY MECHANISM AND METHOD - A laryngoscope includes a laryngoscope blade; a laryngoscope handle coupled to the laryngoscope blade; an electronic display; and an adjustable display mechanism that adjustably couples the electronic display to the laryngoscope handle. The adjustable display mechanism provides relative rotation of the electronic display relative to the laryngoscope handle about a first axis and a separate second axis different than the first axis. | 12-13-2012 |
20120330103 | Laryngoscope and Method of Use - A laryngoscope device for use in the performance of direct laryngoscopy, the device including a laryngoscope blade portion connectable to a laryngoscope handle through a connector, the laryngoscope blade comprising an ultraviolet light, a white light and an imaging or viewing device at the same distance relative to the distal end of the laryngoscope blade. | 12-27-2012 |
20130018227 | Laryngoscopic Device - A laryngoscopic device includes a laryngoscope video blade and a handle module arranged to support the video blade or auxiliary direct laryngoscopy blades interchangeably thereon. The video blade includes a camera and contacts for receiving electrical power from the handle module while outputting video to the handle module from the camera. The handle module can also provide electrical power to a light source on the video blade or include its own light source to be conveyed to a light guide of a blade coupled to the handle module. The laryngoscopic device also includes a display monitor which can be removably coupled to an output of the handle module to display video generated by the video blade camera. The handle module can be used alone with non-video blades or readily converted to a video laryngoscopic device by replacing the non-video blade with a video blade and connecting the display monitor. | 01-17-2013 |
20130060090 | LARYNGOSCOPES, LARYNGOSCOPE ARMS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A video laryngoscope has an arm comprising a video camera, at least one electrical conductor extending to the video camera, an elongate electrical conductor retaining member retaining the electrical conductor and an overmoulding extending around the elongate cable retaining member and having a smooth outer surface. Providing a laryngoscope arm overmoulded to provide a smooth outer surface has the benefit of allowing the laryngoscope arm to be readily cleaned or sterilised, and minimises the number of features, such as seams or joints, where dirt or infectious bodies may be retained. | 03-07-2013 |
20130066151 | Tracheal Intubation Device - A tracheal intubation device for placing an endotracheal tube in the trachea of a patient is disclosed. The tracheal intubation device includes a bar-shaped camera, a handle portion, a guiding portion, and a display device. The bar-shaped camera for capturing images is placed inside the endotracheal tube. The display device is electrically connected to the bar-shaped camera for displaying images captured by the bar-shaped camera. The guiding portion connected to the handle portion has a front end and a rear end, wherein the rear end is connected to the handle portion, and the bar-shaped camera and the endotracheal tube are movably situated in the guiding portion. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066152 | Tracheal Intubation Device - A tracheal intubation device includes a handle portion, a display unit, a bar-shaped camera, and a guiding portion. The display unit is electrically connected to the bar-shaped camera. The bar-shaped camera is used for capturing images and includes a camera rear end and a camera front end. The camera rear end is electrically connected to the display unit for displaying images captured by the bar-shaped camera. The camera front end has a bended portion. The guiding portion includes a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end is detachably connected to the handle portion. The guiding portion is used for accommodating the bar-shaped camera and the endotracheal tube to allow the bar-shaped camera and the endotracheal tube to move within the guiding portion. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066153 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE POWER MANAGEMENT - An electrical device includes a memory storing a value indicative the remaining available rated capacity of one or more batteries. The stored value is changed in use to reflect reducing capacity. The initial stored value is chosen so that there is a very high (e.g. >99.9%) confidence that the one or more batteries will provide at least the capacity indicated by the initial stored value. This reduces the chance of failure during emergency procedures. The one or more batteries may be integral to the electrical device. An override facility is provided. | 03-14-2013 |
20130072757 | BATTERY PACK AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH DEMOUNTABLE BATTERY PACK - A battery pack ( | 03-21-2013 |
20130197312 | WIRELESS LARYNGOSCOPE SIMULATOR WITH ONBOARD EVENT RECORDING ADAPTED FOR LARYNGOSCOPY TRAINING - A laryngoscope has a first and second handle portion defining an internal cavity and forming a handle assembly. The laryngoscope includes a first and second blade portion defining an internal cavity and forming a blade assembly. A light and camera source within the internal cavity of the blade assembly illuminates at least a portion of the blade assembly and obtains images of the operation of the laryngoscope. A microprocessor coupled to the camera is mounted within one internal cavity and can record images from the camera. The microprocessor provides on-board recording capable of capturing video and audio and event data, such as from a simulator. A keypad is configured to provide for on-Board event flagging of the recorded data recorded by the microprocessor. The microprocessor may wirelessly transmit data from the laryngoscope. | 08-01-2013 |
20130217971 | INTUBATION GUIDE - Apparatuses for guiding an endotracheal tube during intubation and associated methods of their use; the apparatuses formed to contain a plastic element able to hold deformations so as to conform the apparatus to the shape of a patient's endotracheal airway. The plastic element has sufficient give so as to minimize traumatic engagement with the inner surface of the airway lumen. Methods for using the apparatuses exploit indirect visualization where the person performing the intubation can shape the apparatuses so as to place the distal end into the field of view of the indirect visualization instrument even with minimal alignment of the patient's airway. | 08-22-2013 |
20130237763 | INTUBATION DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various methods and systems for delivery of an ETT for intubation are provided. In one example, an ETT delivery system includes a rail system for guiding insertion of an ETT and at least partially defining the motion of the ETT. The ETT delivery system further may include a video laryngoscope blade coupled to the rail system and a delivery mechanism. In some examples, the ETT delivery system further includes a positioner configured to adjust the motion of the ETT. As a further example, the ETT delivery system may include a swing arm and a guide rail to at least partially define the motion of the swing arm. Further, a drive-down mechanism may effect motion of the swing arm. As another embodiment, a rail system, a disposable blade and a positioner may be provided. Further, a delivery mechanism may be operatively linked with the integrated rail system. | 09-12-2013 |
20130237764 | Otoscanner With Fan And Ring Laser - An otoscanner including a conical laser-reflective optical element and a laser light source and the conical laser-reflecting optical element are configured so that the conical laser-reflecting optical element, when illuminated by the laser light source, projects a broken ring of laser light upon an interior surface of the ear when the ear probe is positioned in the ear and a diffractive laser optic lens and the laser light source and the diffractive laser optic lens are configured so that the diffractive laser optic lens, when illuminated by the laser light source, projects upon an interior surface of the ear a fan of laser light at a predetermined angle with respect to a front surface of the diffractive laser optic lens when the ear probe is positioned in the ear. | 09-12-2013 |
20130253274 | AIRWAY MANAGEMENT - The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate improving visualization associated with intubation. A dynamical articulating laryngoscope can include a handle assembly and a blade assembly. The blade assembly can further include a main blade assembly, a proximal blade assembly, and a distal blade assembly. A medium control articulation point can couple the main blade assembly and the proximal blade assembly, and a fine control articulation point can couple the distal blade assembly and the proximal blade assembly. Further, the proximal blade assembly can pivot relative to the main blade assembly around the medium control articulation point and/or the distal blade assembly can pivot relative to the proximal blade assembly around the fine control articulation point. Pivoting about the medium control articulation point and/or the fine control articulation point can be effectuated by one or more blade control components. | 09-26-2013 |
20130310650 | LARYNGOSCOPY - There is disclosed a laryngoscope comprising a blade having an adjustable curvature and means for adjusting the curvature which is operable during insertion of the blade into the airway of a patient such that the blade lifts the tongue and anterior structures to facilitate the insertion. There is also disclosed a laryngoscope fitting which defines a guide along which an endotracheal tube may be fed to intubate a patient following insertion of the laryngoscope into the patient's airway, the fitting being releasable from the blade to permit withdrawal of the blade from the fitting and thus from the airway. | 11-21-2013 |
20130317300 | Simultaneous Display Video Laryngoscope And Video Stylet - A video intubation system that provides for multiple image streams to be simultaneously presented to a user on a touch screen display, the first image stream generated by a video laryngoscope and the second image stream generated by a video stylet. The video stylet is provided with a deflection section for ease of introducing an ETT into the trachea of a patient, the video stylet having a pistol-type grip and a control interface in the form of a trigger-type lever to facilitate comfortable griping and manipulation by the user. The first and second image streams may be saved and annotated by a user as desired. | 11-28-2013 |
20130345518 | AIRWAY INTUBATION DEVICE - An airway intubation device having a one-piece molded body of biocompatible material with an ergonomically designed hand piece for left hand manipulation. The body includes a cap piece and linear-curved-linear insertion piece having a channel in one side thereof for insertion of an endotracheal tube. The channel has a wide entry portal disposed ahead of the hand piece so that a clinician may load the channel with a tube while the insertion piece is in the mouth of the patient without having to view the entry portal. The device includes illumination means and viewing means comprising an eye piece or a video display unit mounted to the cap piece so that a clinician can view the insertion of the tube between the vocal cords of a patient without contact. | 12-26-2013 |
20140107422 | Video Laryngoscope With Disposable Blade - An intubation instrument for intubating a patient's trachea including an imager module having a base unit with a finger loop and a longitudinal member attached to the distal end of the base unit, as well as a blade having a handle that is hollow and mates with the outer surface of the longitudinal member forming a male-female connection, the distal end of the blade projecting laterally therefrom, the distal end of the blade being insertable into a human during intubation. | 04-17-2014 |
20140114132 | DEVICE SUPPORTING TRACHEAL TUBE - A device for supporting a tracheal tube during tracheal intubation. The device is applied to the blade of a laryngoscope, or similar instrument. It includes one or more planar elements, each element having a profile adapted to the curvature of the blade a the location in which it is placed. On command, each element protrudes out from the blade through a longitudinal groove, in order to create one or more fixed transversal walls. Once the walls are created, the tracheal tube is then inserted into the laryngoscope and its far end is moved across the walls, and towards the trachea of the patient. The device also includes a set of mechanical gears that are controlled by a sliding button such that moving the button from a back position to a front position moves each of the planar elements from the position within the blade to the protruding position. | 04-24-2014 |
20140121463 | LARYNGOSCOPE INSERTION SECTION - A laryngoscope insertion section comprising a tube guide comprising at least an inferior tube guiding member and a superior tube guiding member, wherein the thickness of the insertion section in a first region is less than the external diameter of the largest diameter endotracheal tube in an operating range of endotracheal tube sizes plus the thickness of the inferior tube guiding member plus the thickness of the superior tube guiding member. Typically, the insertion section comprises an elongate member and the tube guide is lateral of the elongate member. Typically, an endotracheal tube is retained within the tube guide in flexural tension. | 05-01-2014 |
20140135582 | Configurable Anesthesia Safety System - A medical image routing system that allows for a user to override the current routing of medical image data such that a user need only activate an input device and the first medical image data routing to a display(s) is automatically interrupted and second medical image data is automatically routed to the display(s). Upon activation of the input device a second time, the first medical image data routing is automatically reestablished and the second medical image data is automatically interrupted. | 05-15-2014 |
20140194694 | Tracheal Intubation Device - A tracheal intubation device for placing an endotracheal tube in the trachea of a patient includes a bar-shaped camera, a handle portion, a guiding portion, and a display device. The bar-shaped camera for capturing images is placed inside the endotracheal tube. The display device is electrically connected to the bar-shaped camera for displaying images captured by the bar-shaped camera. The guiding portion connected to the handle portion has a front end and a rear end. The rear end is connected to the handle portion, and the bar-shaped camera and the endotracheal tube are movably situated in the guiding portion. | 07-10-2014 |
20150099935 | TRACHEAL INTUBATION SYSTEM INCLUDING A LARYNGOSCOPE - A tracheal intubation system including a laryngoscope is disclosed. An endotracheal tube exchange system is also disclosed. In some examples, the system includes a laryngoscope, a stylet, and an endotracheal tube. In some examples the stylet is an articulating stylet. An endotracheal tube with one or more depth-assessment bands is also disclosed. An articulating stylet with one or more depth-assessment bands and an orientation mark is also disclosed. A method of positioning an endotracheal tube in a patient is also disclosed. A method of positioning a stylet for placement of an endotracheal tube is also disclosed. A method of performing an endotracheal tube exchange procedure is also disclosed. | 04-09-2015 |
20150112146 | Video Laryngoscope with Adjustable Handle Mounted Monitor - Provided is a video laryngoscope having a repositionable display screen. The screen is secured via a flexible arm to the outermost area of the handle member second end. This flexible arm may be flexible metal conduit to enable support of the display screen and manipulation of position. A plurality of blade members of differing sizes and material construction may secure individually to the end of the handle member opposing the flexible arm. The blade members are removable. A length of fiber optic cable runs from the display screen, through the handle member and is inserted through an aperture in the blade member. The lens of a fiber optic camera, and a light source are disposed at a free end of the cable to provide video feedback of the environment near the working end of the blade member during a laryngoscopy procedure. | 04-23-2015 |
20150297072 | LARYNGOSCOPE BLADE - A laryngoscope blade which improves the transmission of light from the laryngoscope to enhance the amount of light reflected from an area of interest in a patient. The laryngoscope blade has a channel which extends at least partially though the blade and receives a light source. The channel has a substantially transparent end face which is situated towards the blade end and has an optical clement adapted to reduce the ambient light signal from the light source in the channel. | 10-22-2015 |
20160007840 | Handheld Device for Identification of Microbiological Constituents in the Middle Ear | 01-14-2016 |
20160022132 | LARYNGOSCOPE WITH AUTOMATIC IMAGE ADJUSTMENT - A laryngoscope with automatic image adjustment is revealed. The laryngoscope includes a laryngoscope body, a rotation assembly, a display and a sensor. The laryngoscope body is disposed with a fixing slot and is used for capturing an image. One end of the rotation assembly is fixed in the fixing slot while the other end thereof is arranged with the display. The display is rotated around the rotation assembly. The rotation assembly is set with a limiting slot. The sensor is electrically connected to a rear side of the display and is located inside the limiting slot. While the display being rotated, the sensor is slid on the surface of the rotation assembly. When the sensor is slid in the limiting slot, the display shows the image. Once the sensor is slid outside the limiting slot, the display shows a reflection of the image. Thus the image is adjusted automatically. | 01-28-2016 |
20160051781 | INTUBATION DEVICE - An intubation device for intubating a patient includes a handle for holding the intubation device by a user, a single-use intubation blade that includes a retainer clip and a mounting lug held fixedly to the intubation blade by the retainer clip, a ratchet collar that is rotatably connected to the handle. The ratchet collar is rotatable with respect to the intubation blade in a first travel direction to mount the intubation blade to the handle and in a second travel direction to dismount the intubation blade from the handle. The intubation device also includes a disabling mechanism for preventing re-use of the intubation. The disabling mechanism includes a break-away section of the retainer clip, and gear teeth that have a first gear tooth surface. When the ratchet collar is rotated the first gear tooth surface breaks the break-away section dislocating the mounting lug. | 02-25-2016 |
20160058277 | Configurable Medical Video Safety System - A medical image routing system that allows for a user to override the current routing of medical image data such that a user need only activate an interface to automatically interrupt the the first medical image data routing to a display(s) with the second medical image data automatically routed to the display(s). Upon activation of the interface a second time, the first medical image data routing is automatically reestablished and the second medical image data is automatically interrupted. | 03-03-2016 |
20160095506 | Video Laryngoscope Systems - Video laryngoscope system including a video laryngoscope having a laryngoscope handle and a laryngoscope blade. The video laryngoscope system includes an image capture module with at least two stationary imaging units spaced apart along the laryngoscope blade for providing real-time video streams of a patient's airway passage during an intubation and a controller for enabling a clinician performing the intubation to select one or more of the real-time video streams for real-time display on a display screen to assist intubation of a patient. | 04-07-2016 |
20160120394 | VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE AND VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE INSERTION SECTION - A video laryngoscope and elongate laryngoscope insertion section for a video laryngoscope, comprising a viewing port through which an imaging device within the insertion section can obtain images of a larynx, the insertion section extending between a distal end for insertion into a subject and an opposite proximal end, and having an inferior surface and an opposed superior surface, wherein the insertion section comprises a proximal region where the insertion section extends through a subject's teeth in use, a distal region extending to the distal end and an intermediate region therebetween, wherein the inferior surface of the insertion section comprises or consists of a curved region which extends from the proximal region through the intermediate region to the distal region, wherein the curved region of the inferior surface is continuously longitudinally curved along the length of the longitudinally curved region and wherein the longitudinal curvature of the curved region of the inferior surface varies in the intermediate region. Markings on an elongate laryngoscope insertion can be used to monitor depth of insertion and to indicate a path by which an endotracheal tube should be inserted. | 05-05-2016 |
20160128548 | LARYNGOSCOPE - A laryngoscope of some embodiments includes a handle, a first blade, and a second blade. The first blade is capable of being detachably coupled with the handle. The second blade is capable of being detachably coupled with the handle, in which the first blade and the second blade have different forms. | 05-12-2016 |
20160128556 | VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE - A video laryngoscope includes a handle, a blade, a lens, a photo sensor, and an output terminal. The blade is connected to the handle. The lens is disposed on the blade. The photo sensor is connected to the lens to transform an image obtained by the lens into an electrical signal. The output terminal is disposed on the handle and is electrically connected to the photo sensor. The output terminal is configured to allow a smart communication device to be connected thereto, such that the electrical signal can be output to the smart communication device through the output terminal. | 05-12-2016 |
20160183766 | Image Type Laryngoscope Apparatus - An image type laryngoscope apparatus includes a laryngoscope ( | 06-30-2016 |
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20120101340 | Dolphin Blade/Peri-laryngoscope - A laryngoscope may be a device to view the vocal chords of a patient and may include a channel wall to define a channel, an input port to the channel being connected to the channel wall to allow a user to view the vocal chords of the patient, and output port to the channel being connected on an opposing side of the channel wall to allow the user to view the vocal chords of the patient. The input port may include a first light reflecting device, and the output port may include a second light reflecting device. The input port may include a first inclined end, and the outlet port may include a second inclined end. | 04-26-2012 |
20120190929 | LARYNGOSCOPE - A laryngoscope comprising a handle, a blade holding element, a detachable blade, means for viewing the laryngeal inlet of a patient and means for adjusting the viewing field. The means for adjusting the viewing field may comprise a light refracting means. Alternatively, in embodiments in which the viewing means comprises at least two fixed cameras elements directed to at least two different viewing fields, the means for adjusting the viewing field may comprise means for switching from one camera to the other or, in embodiments in which the viewing means comprises a movable camera element, the means for adjusting the viewing field may comprise mechanical or electronic means for controlling the movement of the camera. A method for viewing the laryngeal inlet of a patient using a laryngoscope comprising the step of adjusting the viewing field is also covered. | 07-26-2012 |
20140200408 | Otoscanner With Fan And Ring Laser - An otoscanner including a conical laser-reflective optical element and a laser light source and the conical laser-reflecting optical element are configured so that the conical laser-reflecting optical element, when illuminated by the laser light source, projects a broken ring of laser light upon an interior surface of the ear when the ear probe is positioned in the ear and a diffractive laser optic lens and the laser light source and the diffractive laser optic lens are configured so that the diffractive laser optic lens, when illuminated by the laser light source, projects upon an interior surface of the ear a fan of laser light at a predetermined angle with respect to a front surface of the diffractive laser optic lens when the ear probe is positioned in the ear. | 07-17-2014 |
20140378770 | GLOTTISCOPE - A Glottiscope for assisting with the insertion of an endotracheal tube or an Eschman like stylet into a patient is claimed. The Glottiscope comprises a blade which defines an internal passage for receiving an endotracheal tube or an Eschman like stylet, the blade having a proximal end and a distal end and means for viewing the patient's glottis, wherein the viewing means is disposed at the distal end and in use, below the point of emergence of an endotracheal tube or a stylet/guide (to rail road the endotracheal tube) in the internal passage to provide a view of the patient's glottis, the blade being adapted to direct the viewing means towards the centre of the patient's glottis. | 12-25-2014 |