Patent ID: 8894570
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A laryngoscope, comprising: a handle having a first handle end and a second handle end; a camera disposed on the second handle end, the camera configured to view an area around a glottis; a groove located on one side of the handle, the groove comprising a groove end adjacent to the camera; a guide wire; and a tube dimensioned for slipping over the guide wire, the groove dimensioned for guiding the guide wire through the groove to reach the groove end, the guide wire comprising a first wire end and an opposing second wire end, the second wire end arranged to reach the groove end while the guide wire is engaged in the groove, the groove also dimensioned to allow the guide wire to disengage from the groove so as to allow the tube having a tube end to slip over the guide wire to reach the second wire end while the groove end remains adjacent to the second wire end to allow the camera to view the area around the glottis wherein the groove comprises a breach to allow the guide wire to disengage from the groove and the groove has an elongated cross section, the cross section having a wider side and a narrower side, wherein the wider side having a shape defined by two semi-circles separated by a substantially straight middle section and the shorter side has an opening for providing the breach, and wherein the semi-circles are dimensioned to guide the guide wire.