Patent ID: 6634354
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A method for resuscitating a patient and guiding insertion of an endotracheal tube into the patient's trachea comprising:inserting a tubular guide into a patient's mouth and hypopharynx, said guide having a curved distal portion shaped to allow insertion of an endotracheal tube through the guide into a patient's trachea, said guide further having a laryngeal mask surrounding the distal opening of the guide to substantially seal the laryngeal inlet about the distal opening of the guide; inserting the fiber optic probe into an endotracheal tube; advancing the fiber optic probe and endotracheal tube so that the endotracheal tube advances along the guide and into the patient's trachea; supplying air/oxygen via the guide into the patient's lungs while advancing the endotracheal tube and fiber optic probe; removing the guide from the endotracheal tube; removing the fiber optic probe from the endotracheal tube; and ventilating the patient through the endotracheal tube.