Tracheal Intubation Device

• US 20130066151A1
• Filed: 01/20/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tien-Sheng Chen
• Original Assignee: Tien-Sheng Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Tien-Sheng
• Granted Patent: US 8,721,535 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/188
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00016 using wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00048 Constructional features of the display
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00052 positioned at proximal end of the endoscope body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/267 for the respiratory tract, e.g. laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0488 Mouthpieces; Means for guiding, securing or introducing the tubes guiding or introducing with laryngoscopes A61B1/267; holding devices on the body A61M25/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0495 with tongue depressors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient

Abstract

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.

Claims

1. A tracheal intubation device for placing an endotracheal tube in a trachea of a patient, the tracheal intubation device comprising:

a bar-shaped camera placed inside the endotracheal tube for capturing an image;

a handle portion;

a display device electrically connected to the bar-shaped camera for displaying the image captured by the bar-shaped camera; and

a guiding portion connected to the handle portion comprising a front end and a rear end, wherein the rear end of the guiding portion is connected to the handle portion, and the bar-shaped camera and the endotracheal tube are movably situated in the guiding portion.

2. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guiding portion further comprises a slot for accommodating the endotracheal tube and the bar-shaped camera.

3. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the slot is mounted at the front end of the guiding portion and a passage is formed at the rear end of the guiding portion to facilitate the placement of the endotracheal tube and the bar-shaped camera into the slot.

4. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the front end further comprises a protrusion part, and the slot does not extend to the protrusion part.

5. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the tracheal intubation device further comprises an insertion unit mounted on the bar-shaped camera for placing inside the endotracheal tube.

6. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the tracheal intubation device further comprises a processor, a receiving module, a cell phone module, a memory, and a transmitting module, wherein the processor, the receiving module, the cell phone module, and the memory are separately electrically connected to the display device and the transmitting module is connected to the bar-shaped camera.

7. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the display device and the handle portion are connected.

8. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guiding portion comprises a tongue piece and a barrier;

the tongue piece is substantially perpendicular to the barrier.

9. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the endotracheal tube and the bar-shaped camera can be accommodated within an area formed by the tongue piece and the barrier.

10. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the bar-shaped camera is made of a rigid material that allows the bar-shaped camera to guide the direction of movement of the endotracheal tube while the endotracheal tube is moving.

11. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the bar-shaped camera is detachably connected to the handle portion.

12. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the tracheal intubation device further comprises a processor, a receiving module, a cell phone module, a memory, and a transmitting module, wherein the processor, the receiving module, the cell phone module, and the memory are separately electrically connected to the display device and the transmitting module is connected to the bar-shaped camera.

13. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the display device and the handle portion are connected.