Single use laryngoscope
AssigneeAnaesthesia Airways Pty Limited
InventorsKevin Yee, Mark Bennett
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Abstract
A laryngoscope (10) to assist tracheal intubation on a patient, comprising a body having a handle (14), and a laryngoscope blade (12) extending from the handle (14); a lighting system (21) including a light source integrated in the laryngoscope body and arranged in use to be activated to adopt an operational mode to provide illumination to the patient's throat; control means operative to allow only a single occurrence of the lighting system in the operational mode; and wherein once activated in the operational mode, the lighting system provides illumination for only a limited time.
Claims25
A laryngoscope to assist tracheal intubation on a patient, comprising:
- a body having a handle, and a laryngoscope blade extending from the handle;
- a lighting system including a light source integrated in the laryngoscope body and arranged in use to be activated to adopt an operational mode to provide illumination to the patient's throat;
- control means operative to allow only a single occurrence of the lighting system in the operational mode;
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- wherein once activated in the operational mode, the lighting system provides illumination for only a limited time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.