Laryngoscope
AssigneesMaxwell Weinmann, Maria I. Marmarinos
InventorMaxwell Weinmann
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Abstract
A laryngoscope includes a curved blade including a proximal end, a distal end, and a first channel. The laryngoscope also includes a handle and a second channel. The handle includes a non-electric light source, e.g., a chemiluminescent light source. A catalytic agent in the chemiluminescent light source is activated by pressure on the chemiluminescent light source to generate light that transmits along the first channel. The second channel is disposed proximate and through the blade and configured to provide at least one of oxygen, suction, and an instrumentation into the proximal end and out of the distal end of the blade.
Claims14
A laryngoscope, comprising:
- a curved blade comprising:
- a proximal end,
- a distal end comprising a first channel terminal part and a second channel terminal part, the second channel terminal part being separate from the first channel terminal part,
- a first channel, and
- a second channel disposed proximate and through the blade and configured to provide at least one of oxygen, suction, and an instrumentation into the proximal end and out of the distal end of the blade;
- and
- a handle coupled to the proximal end of the blade, the handle comprising:
- an enclosure comprising a first opening on a side surface of the enclosure and a second opening on a bottom surface of the enclosure;
- a removable non-electric light source configured to be inserted into the enclosure through the second opening, the removable non-electric light source comprising a chemiluminescent light source;
- and
- a pressure activator partially inserted through the first opening, the pressure activator comprising a plurality of bumps on an inside surface of the pressure activator facing the removable non-electric light source, wherein the plurality of bumps are configured to, in response to the pressure activator being pressed, crack a vial of a catalytic agent in the chemiluminescent light source to generate light that transmits along the first channel.
A handle of a laryngoscope, comprising:
- an enclosure comprising a first opening on a side surface of the enclosure and a second opening on a bottom surface of the enclosure;
- a removable non-electric light source configured to be inserted into the enclosure through the second opening, the removable non-electric light source comprising a chemiluminescent light source;
- and
- a pressure activator partially inserted through the first opening from inside the enclosure, the pressure activator comprising a plurality of bumps on an inside surface of the pressure activator facing the removable non-electric light source,
- wherein a catalytic agent in the chemiluminescent light source is configured to be activated by pressure from the plurality of bumps in response to the pressure activator being pressed to generate light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.