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US 12,558,187 B2Granted
Robotic-assisted navigation and control for airway management procedures, assemblies and systems
AssigneeSpiro Robotics, Inc.
InventorsVladimir Nekhendzy, Dimitri Sokolov
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Abstract
Airway management methods, devices, assemblies and systems. Methods, devices, assemblies and systems may include robotic movement and control of an intubation tube introducer or guide, and may include utilizing image data from one or more image sensors. The methods, devices, assemblies and systems may optionally be used in endotracheal intubation procedures.
Claims8
A tracheal intubation system, comprising:
- a blade portion and a handheld portion extending from the blade portion, the blade portion having a configuration that facilitates placement into a user's mouth, the handheld portion including
- one or more user actuators,
- an elongate endotracheal tube (“ETT”) introducer, the ETT introducer robotically movable in at least an axial direction in response to user actuation of the one or more actuators,
- wherein the blade portion comprises a blade side channel and the handheld portion comprises a handheld side channel, together the blade side channel and the handheld side channel arranged to form a continuous side ETT channel, the continuous side ETT channel having at least one surface configured to interface with and receive at least a portion of an ETT therein that is disposed about the ETT introducer while the ETT introducer is moved axially,
- wherein the blade side channel and the handheld side channel are open on one side to facilitate lateral removal of the ETT.
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