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US 10,588,498 B2Granted
Video laryngoscope systems
AssigneeTruphatek International Ltd.
InventorsGabriel Dan, David Rosenblatt
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Abstract
Video laryngoscope system including a video laryngoscope having a laryngoscope handle and a laryngoscope blade. The video laryngoscope system includes an image capture module with at least two stationary imaging units spaced apart along the laryngoscope blade for providing real-time video streams of a patient's airway passage during an intubation and a controller for enabling a clinician performing the intubation to select one or more of the real-time video streams for real-time display on a display screen to assist intubation of a patient.
Claims17
A video laryngoscope system for assisting tracheal intubation of a patient, the video laryngoscope system comprising:
- (a) a video laryngoscope including:
- i) a laryngoscope handle,
- ii) a laryngoscope blade configured for insertion into a patient's airway passage, the laryngoscope blade transversely extending from said laryngoscope handle and having a distal laryngoscope blade tip remote from said laryngoscope handle, an underside blade surface for intimate contact with a patient's tongue, and an upperside blade surface opposite said underside blade surface, said upperside blade surface having a stepped construction defining an elongated guide channel for supporting an endotracheal tube, and
- iii) an image capture module including an imaging unit daisy chain mounted on an exterior surface of the stepped construction of the laryngoscope blade and comprising at least two stationary imaging units each having a forward Field of View (FOV) toward a direction of insertion of the laryngoscope blade into the patient's airway passage to assist orienting a location of the laryngoscope blade tip in the patient's airway passage and recognizing intubation landmarks during insertion of the laryngoscope blade into the patient's airway passage, the imaging units being spaced apart longitudinally along said laryngoscope blade relative to said distal laryngoscope blade tip such that said image capture module includes a leading imaging unit proximate said distal laryngoscope blade tip and a trailing imaging unit behind said leading imaging unit relative to said distal laryngoscope blade tip,
- each said imaging unit capable of capturing a real-time video stream of the patient's airway passage during a manipulation of said laryngoscope blade therealong from an initial blade insertion into the patient's mouth to a final blade position,
- said trailing imaging unit capable of capturing a different real-time video stream of the patient's airway passage than said leading imaging unit at a location of said laryngoscope blade along the patient's airway passage,
- wherein said leading imaging unit and said trailing imaging unit have a non-overlapping Field Of View (FOV) arrangement, and
- (b) a controller for enabling a clinician performing an intubation to select at least one said real-time video stream during the intubation for real-time display on a display screen to assist intubation of the patient.
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A video laryngoscope system for assisting tracheal intubation of a patient, the video laryngoscope system comprising:
- a video laryngoscope including a laryngoscope handle, a laryngoscope blade transversely extending from the laryngoscope handle, and an image capture module mounted on the laryngoscope blade, the image capture module including a leading imaging unit and a trailing imaging unit configured to independently and simultaneously generate a real-time video stream of a patient's airway passage during the tracheal intubation for selective display on a display screen;
- a controller configured to control operation of the image capture module;
- the laryngoscope blade including an underside blade surface configured to deploy against the patient's tongue on insertion of the laryngoscope blade into the patient's mouth, and an upperside blade surface opposite the underside blade surface and having a stepped configuration defining an elongated guide channel configured to support an endotracheal tube during intubation;
- the upperside blade surface including a major blade surface parallel and opposite the underside blade surface, an upright blade surface generally perpendicular to the major blade surface, and an uppermost blade surface generally parallel to the major blade surface, said leading and trailing imaging units spaced apart on the upright blade surface;
- and
- the leading and trailing imaging units each having a forward Field Of View (FOV) during insertion of the laryngoscope blade into the patient's airway passage,
- wherein said leading imaging unit and said trailing imaging unit have a non-overlapping Field Of View (FOV) arrangement, and
- wherein the leading imaging unit is configured to obtain a view of the patient's vallecula region and the trailing imaging unit is configured to obtain a view of the patient's uvula and posterior pharynx during initial blade insertion into the patient's mouth.
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A video laryngoscope system for assisting tracheal intubation of a patient, the video laryngoscope system comprising:
- a video laryngoscope including a laryngoscope handle, a laryngoscope blade transversely extending from the laryngoscope handle, and an image capture module mounted on the laryngoscope blade, the image capture module including a leading imaging unit and a trailing imaging unit configured to independently and simultaneously generate a real-time video stream of a patient's airway passage during the tracheal intubation for selective display on a display screen;
- a controller configured to control operation of the image capture module;
- the laryngoscope blade including an underside blade surface configured to deploy against the patient's tongue on insertion of the laryngoscope blade into the patient's mouth, and an upperside blade surface opposite the underside blade surface and having a stepped configuration defining an elongated guide channel configured to support an endotracheal tube during intubation;
- the upperside blade surface including a major blade surface parallel and opposite the underside blade surface, an upright blade surface generally perpendicular to the major blade surface, and an uppermost blade surface generally parallel to the major blade surface, said leading and trailing imaging units spaced apart on the uppermost blade surface;
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- the leading and trailing imaging units each having a forward Field Of View (FOV) during insertion of the laryngoscope blade into the patient's airway passage,
- wherein said leading imaging unit and said trailing imaging unit have a non-overlapping Field Of View (FOV) arrangement, and
- wherein the leading imaging unit is configured to obtain a view of the patient's vallecula region and the trailing imaging unit is configured to obtain a view of the patient's uvula and posterior pharynx during initial blade insertion into the patient's mouth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.