Video Laryngoscope Systems

A video laryngoscope system for assisting tracheal intubation of a patient, the video laryngoscope system comprising:

• (a) a video laryngoscope including:
• i) a laryngoscope handle,
• ii) a laryngoscope blade transversely extending from said laryngoscope handle and having a distal laryngoscope blade tip remote from said laryngoscope handle, and
• iii) an image capture module with at least two stationary imaging units spaced apart along said laryngoscope blade relative to said distal laryngoscope blade tip such that said image capture module includes a leading imaging unit proximate said distal laryngoscope blade tip and a trailing imaging unit behind said leading imaging unit relative to said distal laryngoscope blade tip,
• each said imaging unit capable of capturing a real-time video stream of a patient's airway passage during a manipulation of said laryngoscope blade therealong from an initial blade insertion into the patient's mouth to a final blade position,
• said trailing imaging unit capturing a different real-time video stream of the patient's airway passage than said leading imaging unit at a location of said laryngoscope blade along the patient's airway passage, and
• (b) a controller for enabling a clinician performing an intubation to select at least one said real-time video stream during the intubation for real-time display on a display screen to assist intubation of the patient.