Patent ID: 7658708

Claim:
A device to facilitate endotracheal intubation of a patient, comprising: (a) a handgrip comprising a housing enclosing and mounting a pulley means for translating a control wire; (b) a trigger mounted on a pivot on the housing having a first end for controlled movement on one side of the pivot towards the handgrip and a second end on another side of the pivot as a lever; (c) a substantially tubular element attached to the handgrip at a proximal end, the tubular element further having an internal channel with a length extending from the proximal end to a distal end of the tubular element; (d) a curvable means for curving a portion of the tubular element disposed towards the distal end of the tubular element; and (e) a control wire having a first end and a second end, the control wire passing through the internal channel of the tubular element with the first end of the control wire attached to the curvable means and the second end of the control wire passing over the pulley means and attaching to the second end of the trigger which is the lever, so as to enable curving of the curvable means by pivoting of the trigger towards the handgrip, wherein when the first end of the trigger is squeezed, the second end of the trigger pulls the second end of the control wire around the pulley means so that the first end of the control wire curves the curvable means into a generally curved configuration in a controlled manner from a fully straight configuration.