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US 12,108,938 B2Granted
System and device for visualization of an enclosed space
AssigneeDvl, Inc.
InventorEdward R. Perez-Lizano
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Abstract
A stylet and method of use to intubate a subject. The stylet includes a malleable rod removably housed within the stylet, as well as a flexible proximal portion having a predetermined shape defined by the malleable rod when inserted in the stylet, and a distal tip, wherein the distal tip is capable of deflection when the malleable rod is inserted in the stylet. The stylet further includes a manually operable actuator configured to receive a force from a user at the proximal end of the stylet to control a deflection angle of the distal tip.
Claims6
A stylet comprising:
- a) an elongated stylet having a malleable rod removably housed within the stylet, the stylet having an opening in a manually operable actuator at a proximal end of the stylet for insertion and removal of the malleable rod, the stylet further comprising:
- i) a flexible proximal portion having a predetermined shape defined by the malleable rod when inserted in the stylet;
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- ii) a distal tip, the distal tip being capable of deflection when the malleable rod is inserted in the flexible proximal portion of the stylet;
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- b) the manually operable actuator configured to receive a force from a user at the proximal end of the stylet to control a deflection angle of the distal tip when the malleable rod is inserted in the flexible proximal portion of the stylet,
- wherein the stylet and the malleable rod are configured to engage each other upon insertion of the malleable rod into the flexible proximal portion of the stylet, and
- wherein, the stylet and the malleable rod are configured such that upon withdrawal of the malleable rod from the flexible proximal portion of the stylet, the malleable rod traverses a cross sectional plane of the actuator that is perpendicular to the malleable rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.