Patent ID: 9414743
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A laryngoscope comprising: a handle and an insertion section which extends from the handle, the insertion section comprising a tube guide for retaining and guiding an endotracheal tube during intubation, wherein the handle comprises at least one external tube engaging formation with an overall length including a tube retaining member arranged to detachably retain on the handle the endotracheal tube which is received within the tube guide, such that at least a surface of the endotracheal tube is on an external surface of the handle, the at least one external tube engaging formation comprises a tube guiding member arranged to guide the endotracheal tube which is received within the tube guide along the handle, the at least one external tube engaging formation is arranged such that the endotracheal tube is contactable and pinchable by a user at a location within the overall length where the endotracheal tube is retained on and guided along the handle while a user grips the handle, and the laryngoscope is arranged to keep the endotracheal tube, while retained in the tube guide, continuously curved from a most proximal location where the laryngoscope contacts the endotracheal tube to a most distal location where the laryngoscope contacts a superior surface of the endotracheal tube.