Intubating stylette device and related methods
AssigneeAirway Management Enterprises LLC
InventorRichard Shockley
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the invention include an intubating stylette device and related methods of using such a device. In some cases, the stylette includes: a handle member having a base and a tip extending from the base, the handle for engaging a hand of an operator; a control member coupled to the tip of the handle member, the control member including at least one actuation member sized to engage with a finger from the hand of the operator; and a tube member coupled to the control member, the tube member including a tip that is movable between at least two positions when the at least one actuation member is moved from a first position to a second position.
Claims20
An intubating stylette, comprising:
- a handle member having a base and a tip extending from the base, the handle for engaging a hand of an operator;
- a control member coupled to the tip of the handle member, the control member including at least one actuation member sized to engage with a finger from the hand of the operator;
- and
- a tube member coupled to the control member, the tube member including a tip that is movable between at least two positions when the at least one actuation member is moved from a first position to a second position.
A method, performed by an operator, the method comprising:
- inserting an intubating stylette into a throat region of a patient, the intubating stylette having:
- a handle member with a base and a tip extending from the base, the handle for engaging a hand of the operator;
- a control member coupled to the tip of the handle member, the control member including at least one actuation member sized to engage with a finger from the hand of the operator;
- and
- a tube member coupled to the control member, the tube member including a tip that is movable between at least two positions when the at least one actuation member is moved from a first position to a second position;
- and
- actuating the at least one actuation member to initiate movement of the tip of the tube member between the first position and the second position while the intubating stylette is within the throat region of the patient.
An intubating stylette, comprising:
- a handle member for engaging a hand of an operator;
- a control member coupled to the handle member, the control member including at least one actuation member sized to engage with a finger from the hand of the operator;
- and
- a tube member coupled to the control member, the tube member including a tip that is movable across a range of positions in response to the at least one actuation member being moved across a corresponding range of positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.