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US 10,327,628 B2Granted
Pediatric laryngoscope, and method of use
OwnerSrinivasa Murthy Doreswamyinventor
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Abstract
A laryngoscope assembly having: a handle; an offset member having a first end coupled to said handle; and a blade coupled to a second of said offset member; and wherein said offset member is orthogonal to said handle and said blade, and disposes said blade away from said handle to increase visibility within a buccal cavity of a patient by placing said handle away from a line of sight of an operator when said blade is placed in said buccal cavity.
Claims17
A laryngoscope assembly having:
- a handle;
- an offset member having a first end coupled to said handle;
- and
- a blade coupled to a second end of said offset member;
- and
- wherein said offset member is orthogonal to said handle and said blade, and disposes said blade away from said handle to increase visibility within a buccal cavity of a patient by placing said handle away from a line of sight of an operator when said blade is placed in said buccal cavity;
- wherein said first end comprises a mount couplable to said handle via at least one of a threaded engagement, a fastening mechanism, a friction fitting, a tab and slot arrangement, a coaxial engagement;
- and
- wherein said blade comprises a curved extra-oral blade portion and an intra-oral blade portion comprising an elongate and flat body.
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A laryngoscope assembly having:
- a handle;
- an offset member having one end coupled to said handle;
- a blade coupled to another end of said offset member;
- and
- wherein said one end is coupled to said handle via a blade mount, and said blade comprises an intra-oral blade portion and an extra-oral blade portion;
- and wherein said blade mount comprises a first longitudinal axis, said offset member comprises a second longitudinal axis, said extra-oral blade portion comprises a third longitudinal axis, and said intra-oral blade portion comprises a fourth longitudinal axis, such that said second longitudinal axis of offset member is orthogonal to said first longitudinal axis of said handle and third longitudinal axis of said extra-oral blade portion, and said fourth longitudinal axis of said intra-oral blade portion is orthogonal to said and third longitudinal axis of said extra-oral blade portion.
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A method of performing laryngoscopy comprising the steps of:
- providing a laryngoscope having a handle, an offset member and a blade;
- said offset member having a proximal end coupled to said handle via a
- blade mount and a proximal end coupled to said blade, said blade comprising a curved extra-oral blade portion and an intra-oral blade portion;
- wherein said blade mount comprises a first longitudinal axis, said offset member comprises a second longitudinal axis, said extra-oral blade portion comprises a third longitudinal axis, and said intra-oral blade portion comprises a fourth longitudinal axis, such that said second longitudinal axis of said offset member is orthogonal to said first longitudinal axis of said blade mount and said third longitudinal axis of said extra-oral blade portion, and said fourth longitudinal axis of said intra-oral blade portion is orthogonal to said third longitudinal axis of said extra-oral blade portion;
- wherein said extra-oral blade portion comprises a curved body, and said intra-oral blade portion comprises a longitudinal body having opposed longitudinal edges such that said longitudinal body is curved between said opposed longitudinal edges;
- holding said handle in one hand and inserting said intra-oral blade portion into an open buccal cavity of a patient in a supine position, with said curved extra-oral blade portion over a lip of said patient;
- positioning said intra-oral blade portion for laryngeal exposure;
- and
- whereby said offset member disposes said blade away from said blade mount to increase visibility within said buccal cavity by placing said handle away from a line of sight when said blade is placed in the buccal cavity to provide a substantially unobstructed view within said buccal cavity for said laryngeal exposure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.