Tracheal Intubation Device

• US 20130066152A1
• Filed: 02/06/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tien-Sheng Chen
• Original Assignee: Tien-Sheng Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Tien-Sheng
• Application Number:
  US13/366,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20130066152A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/188
• 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 1/00066 Proximal part of endoscope body, e.g. handles A61B1/0052 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/042 characterised by a proximal camera, e.g. a CCD camera
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/05 characterised by the image sensor, e.g. camera, being in the distal end portion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/267 for the respiratory tract, e.g. laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes

Abstract

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.

Claims

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

a handle portion;

a display unit;

a bar-shaped camera for capturing an image electrically connected to the display unit, the bar-shaped camera comprising;

a camera rear end electrically connected to the display unit, and the image captured by the bar-shaped camera can be displayed via the display unit; and

a camera front end comprising a bended portion; and

a guiding portion comprising a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end is detachably connected to the handle portion, and the bar-shaped camera and the endotracheal tube can be accommodated and move within the guiding portion.

2. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the camera front end further comprises at least one guiding pin.

3. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the guiding portion further comprises a slot located at the rear end for accommodating the at least one guiding pin for allowing the camera front end to slide relative to the guiding portion.

4. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 3, wherein when the camera front end is pushed by the endotracheal tube, the camera front end moves along the slot.

5. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the guiding portion further comprises a barrier and an arc-shaped partition, wherein the barrier and the arc-shaped partition are located at the bilateral sides of the front end, the barrier contacts the bar-shaped camera, and the arc-shaped partition contacts the endotracheal tube.

6. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the guiding portion further comprises a sealing cover for covering the bar-shaped camera.

7. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 6, wherein when the sealing cover is pushed by the endotracheal tube, the camera front end moves along the slot.

8. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the sealing cover comprises a stretchable portion;

when the sealing cover is pushed by the endotracheal tube, the stretchable portion is pressed.

9. The tracheal intubation device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the guiding portion comprises an arc-shaped partition for contacting the endotracheal tube.