Single-use multi-platform intubation and surgical apparatus
OwnerJack PACEY, Mitchell Visserinventors
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Abstract
A multipurpose surgical platform and intubation apparatus for ENT or Surgery with a lifting bar handle, video scope passage and multiple operating channels is described. The surgical platform may have a number of configurations and methods of assembly having an operating stage to allow delivery of the relevant scopes and tools reliably and with an angulation that reduces the mechanical force required to obtain the access needed for diagnosis and therapy. Laser surgery, smoke evacuation and jet ventilation are design features provided by the single-use surgical platform and intubation apparatus.
Claims16
An intubation apparatus for placing a tube by an operator to a region-of-interest comprising:
- a transparent laryngoscope having a curved blade, a handle, and a middle section between the blade and handle;
- at least one channel having a first port located on the handle and a second port located on the blade, the second port at an obtuse angle with the first port;
- a fiber optic cable routeable from the first port through the second port;
- a light source removeably attachable to the fiber optic cable emerging from the second port;
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- a viewing device removeably attachable to the end of the fiber optic cable entering the first port,
- wherein light is conveyed from the light source to the region of interest via the at least one first channel to provide a view of the region of interest.
A single use intubation apparatus for placing a tube by an operator to a region-of-interest comprising:
- a scaffold having a plurality of moveable members;
- a transparent laryngoscope positionable by the plurality of moveable members, the transparent laryngoscope having a curved blade, a handle, and a middle section between the blade and handle;
- at least one channel having a first port located on the handle and a second port located on the blade, the second port separated by an obtuse angle with the first port;
- a fiber optic cable routeable from the first port through the second port;
- a light source removeably attachable to the fiber optic cable emerging from the second port;
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- a viewing device removeably attachable to the end of the fiber optic cable entering the first port,
- wherein light is conveyed from the light source to the region of interest via the at least one first channel to provide a view of the region of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.