AIRWAY INTUBATION DEVICE
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Abstract
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.
32 Citations
55 Claims
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26. An airway intubation device for permitting a clinician to indirectly view a patient'"'"'s vocal cords, the airway intubation device comprising:
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a hand piece; an insertion piece having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the insertion piece including a first linear portion having a first axis, contiguous with a curved portion, contiguous with a second linear portion having a second axis inclined at a predetermined angle relative to the first axis, the second linear portion including a truncated tip which includes a flange member blunting the truncated tip to avoid tissue damage during intubation, the insertion piece further including a bore extending from the first end to the second linear portion and an endotracheal tube channel next to the bore, such that a lateral plane intersecting the endotracheal tube channel and the bore is perpendicular to a second plane encompassing the first axis and the second axis, the endotracheal tube channel having an open slot on a side of the endotracheal tube channel such that if an endotracheal tube is positioned in the endotracheal tube channel, the endotracheal tube is between the open slot and the bore; disposed within the bore at the second linear portion, an illumination system including a light emitting diode for illuminating the patient'"'"'s vocal cords, and an image gathering system including a camera; an image viewing system including a video display screen electrically connected to the camera and supported by the hand piece; and an energy source retained in the hand piece and powering the image gathering system, the image viewing system and the illumination system. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An airway intubation device for permitting a clinician to indirectly view a patient'"'"'s vocal cords, the airway intubation device comprising:
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a hand piece; an insertion piece having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the insertion piece including a first linear portion having a first axis, contiguous with a curved portion, contiguous with a second linear portion having a second axis inclined at an acute angle relative to the first axis, the second linear portion including a truncated tip, and further including a bore extending from the first end to the second linear portion; disposed within the bore at the second linear portion, an illumination system including a light emitting diode for illuminating the patient'"'"'s vocal cords, and an image gathering system including a camera; the hand piece and the insertion piece comprising a rigid single body; and an image viewing system including a video display screen electrically connected to the camera and supported by the hand piece; and an energy source retained in the hand piece and powering the image gathering system, the image viewing system and the illumination system. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. An airway intubation device for permitting a clinician to indirectly view a patient'"'"'s vocal cords, the airway intubation device comprising:
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a hand piece; an insertion piece having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the insertion piece including a first linear portion having a first axis, contiguous with a curved portion, contiguous with a second linear portion, and further including a bore extending from the first end to the second linear portion; disposed within the bore at the second linear portion, an illumination system including a light emitting diode for illuminating the patient'"'"'s vocal cords, and an image gathering system including a camera; an endotracheal tube channel next to the bore such that a lateral plane intersecting the endotracheal tube channel and the bore is perpendicular to a second plane encompassing the first axis and the second axis, the endotracheal tube channel having an open slot on a side of the endotracheal tube channel such that if an endotracheal tube is positioned in the endotracheal tube channel, the endotracheal tube is between the open slot and the bore; a truncated tip which includes a flange member blunting the truncated tip to avoid tissue damage during intubation; and an image viewing system including a video display screen electrically connected to the camera and supported by the hand piece; and an energy source retained in the hand piece and powering the image gathering system, the image viewing system and the illumination system. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. An airway intubation device for permitting a clinician to indirectly view a patient'"'"'s vocal cords, the airway intubation device comprising:
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a hand piece having a longitudinal axis; an insertion piece having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the insertion piece including a first linear portion having a first axis, contiguous with a curved portion, contiguous with a second linear portion having a second axis inclined at a predetermined angle relative to the first axis, the second linear portion including a truncated tip which includes a flange member blunting the truncated tip to avoid tissue damage during intubation, and further including a bore extending from the first end to the second linear portion; disposed within the bore at the second linear portion, an illumination system including a light emitting diode for illuminating the patient'"'"'s vocal cords, and an image gathering system including a camera; an endotracheal tube channel next to the bore such that a lateral plane intersecting the endotracheal tube channel and the bore is perpendicular to a second plane encompassing the first axis and the second axis, the endotracheal tube channel having an open slot on a side of the endotracheal tube channel such that if an the endotracheal tube is positioned in the endotracheal tube channel, the endotracheal tube is between the open slot and the bore, the endotracheal tube channel having an interior geometry with three points of contact between the endotracheal tube and the interior geometry; an image viewing system including a video display screen electrically connected to the camera and supported by the hand piece; and an energy source retained in the hand piece and powering the image gathering system, the image viewing system and the illumination system.
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