Patent ID: 8652033

Claim:
A video intubation system comprising: a video laryngoscope having a video laryngoscope imager generating laryngoscope image data; a video stylet having: a housing having a distal and a proximal end, said housing comprising a control interface; a shaft including a distal and a proximal end, the proximal end of the shaft coupled to the distal end of said housing and the distal end of said shaft comprising a deflectable section; wherein deflection of the deflectable section is controlled by the control interface; an illumination source generating illuminating light for illuminating an area ahead of the distal end said shaft; a video stylet imager generating video stylet image data of an area ahead of the distal end said shaft; a video stylet storage having use or maintenance data for said video stylet saved thereon; a control unit detachably coupled to said video laryngoscope via a first cable and said video stylet via a second cable, said control unit receiving the laryngoscope image data and the video stylet image data via the first and second cables respectively; wherein said illumination source is positioned in said control unit and illuminating light is transmitted to said video stylet via the cable connection; a display detachably coupled to said control unit; and wherein said control unit processes the laryngoscope image data and the video stylet image data such that the laryngoscope image data and the video stylet image data are received by and presented on a display wherein said control unit comprises a control unit storage, separate from the video stylet storage, provided to store the received video stylet image data, wherein said control unit storage comprises configuration data for configuration of said control unit.