Patent ID: 9687141
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,A61N,H05K

Claim:
1. A laryngoscope comprising: a body portion comprising a chip disposed on a first body end; a blade portion separate from the body portion and comprising a first blade end and a second blade end, wherein the first blade end is configured to be removably coupled to the first body end, and wherein the chip comprises a radio frequency transmitter and a radio frequency receiver configured to send and receive signals, respectively, with a tag comprising a radio frequency receiver and a radio frequency transmitter in the blade portion and storing identification information for the blade portion, wherein the chip in the body portion, when brought into close proximity of the blade portion, is configured to read the identification information from the tag and determine if the blade has been previously brought into close proximity of the body portion, and wherein the chip is programmed to allow a certain number of re-uses of the blade portion; and a monitor disposed on the body portion and configured to display the identification information read by the chip to inform a user of a use status of the blade portion.