Airway tube and visualisation device assembly
AssigneeSmiths Medical International Limited
InventorStephen James Field
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Abstract
A video introducer (2) is inserted in an endotracheal tube (1) and is retained by engagement of a connector (28) at the rear end of the introducer with a connector (16) inserted in the rear end (13) of the tube. The introducer (2) includes a shaft (21) integral with the connector (28) and having a channel (22) along its length. A cable (34) connected to a video camera (33) at the patient end of the shaft extends along the channel (22) to an electrical connector (35). The forward end (25) of the shaft (21) projects from the forward end (10) of the tube to provide a leading extension for inserting the tube in the trachea.
Claims16
1-15. (canceled)
An assembly including an airway tube and a first connector fitted onto the rear end of the tube, characterized in that the assembly includes a visualization device including an imaging device at one end, a shaft extending along the visualization device, a second connector towards the rear end of the shaft and matable with the first connector, and a cable extending along the shaft from the imaging device to a signal connector located to the rear of the second connector, the second connector being removably fitted with the first connector on the tube and such that the imaging device is located towards the forward, patient end of the tube to view the field of view forwardly of the patient end of the tube.
A visualization device for an assembly comprising an airway tube and a first connector fitted onto the rear end of the tube, wherein the visualization device includes an imaging device at one end, the assembly device further comprising a shaft extending along the visualization device, a second connector towards the rear end of the shaft and matable with the first connector, and a cable extending along the shaft from the imaging device to a signal connector located to the rear of the second connector, the second connector being removably fitted with the first connector on the tube and such that the imaging device is located towards the forward, patient end of the tube to view the field of view forwardly of the patient end of the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.