Patent ID: 8336541

Claim:
An endotracheal intubation device comprising: (a) a stylet comprising an elongate, hollow tube with a slot in a wall along a longitudinal axis of the elongate, hollow tube adjacent a distal end wherein the device is adapted to mount an endotracheal tube for intubating a patient; (b) an elongate rod mounted inside the elongate, hollow tube along the axis and attached to the elongate, hollow tube at the distal end so that a portion disposed between a proximal and a distal end of the rod is exposed in the slot in the elongate, hollow tube; and (c) a handle housing mounting the stylet at a proximal end of the rod with an actuating means mounted on the housing enabling movement of the rod along the longitudinal axis, wherein when the actuating means moves the rod in the elongate, hollow tube, the distal end of the elongate, hollow tube curves along the slot so that the rod bows out of the slot enabling movement against an interior surface of the endotracheal elongate, hollow tube as the distal end of the tube curves.