# US 2018/0020902 A1 · Intubation System > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0020902 A1 - Document ID: US20180020902A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/606,974 - Filed: 2017-05-26 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-19 - Assignees: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG - Applicants: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG - Inventors: Ulrich Merz; Eugenia Fuhr; Toralf Popp; Urs Vogel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180020902A1 ## CPC - A61B 1/00048: {Constructional features of the display} - A61B 1/00052: {positioned at proximal end of the endoscope body} - A61B 1/267: for the respiratory tract, e.g. laryngoscopes or bronchoscopes - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract An intubation system includes an intubation instrument for capturing an image, wherein the intubation instrument has a first interface for providing an image signal representing the captured image, a display device with a second interface for receiving the image signal, wherein the display device is provided and designed to display the image captured by the intubation instrument, and a cable with a third interface at a first end of the cable and with a fourth interface at a second end of the cable. The first, second, third, and fourth interfaces are designed such that the first interface at the intubation instrument is connectable directly to the second interface at the display device and is alternatively connectable directly to the third interface at the cable, and such that the second interface at the display device is connectable directly to the first interface at the intubation instrument and is alternatively connectable directly to the fourth interface at the cable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 The intubation system, comprising: an intubation instrument for capturing an image, wherein the intubation instrument has a first interface for providing an image signal representing the captured image; a display device with a second interface for receiving the image signal, wherein the display device is provided and designed to display the image captured by the intubation instrument; a cable with a third interface at a first end of the cable and with a fourth interface at a second end of the cable, wherein the first interface at the intubation instrument, the second interface at the display device, the third interface and the fourth interface at the cable are designed such that the first interface at the intubation instrument is connectable directly to the second interface at the display device and is alternatively connectable directly to the third interface at the cable, and such that the second interface at the display device is connectable directly to the first interface at the intubation instrument and is alternatively connectable directly to the fourth interface at the cable. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The intubation system according to claim 1, wherein the intubation system is designed such that, during an intended use of the intubation system, electrical power is transmitted from the display device to the intubation instrument and an image signal is transmitted from the intubation instrument to the display device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The intubation system according to claim 1, in which the cable comprises no power source and comprises no further interface for receiving power. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The intubation system according to claim 1, in which the cable is not a charging cable and is not designed to charge an energy store of the display device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The intubation system according to claim 1, in which the intubation instrument is designed to draw power from an energy store of the display device or via a fifth interface at the display device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The intubation system according to claim 5, in which the display device, at a rear face thereof directed away from an image reproduction surface of the display device, comprises a recess into which an energy store is insertable, the fifth interface is arranged in or at the recess. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The intubation system according to claim 1, in which an area of an outer surface of the intubation instrument adjoining the first interface is substantially rotationally symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry, the area of the outer surface of the intubation instrument adjoining the first interface deviates from an ideal rotational symmetry by comprising a web parallel to the axis of symmetry. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The intubation system according to claim 1, in which an area of an outer surface of the display device adjoining the second interface is substantially rotationally symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry, the area of the outer surface of the display device adjoining the second interface deviates from an ideal rotational symmetry by comprising a web parallel to the axis of symmetry. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The intubation system according to claim 1, in which an area of an outer surface of the first end of the cable adjoining the third interface is substantially rotationally symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry, the area of the outer surface of the first end of the cable adjoining the third interface deviates from an ideal rotational symmetry by comprising a web parallel to the axis of symmetry. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The intubation system according to claim 1, in which an area of an outer surface of the second end of the cable adjoining the fourth interface is substantially rotationally symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry, the area of the outer surface of the second end of the cable adjoining the fourth interface deviates from an ideal rotational symmetry by comprising a web parallel to the axis of symmetry. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The intubation system according to claim 10, in which a grip area near the second end of the cable comprises a substantially ring-shaped groove, the ring-shaped groove is interrupted by a web. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The intubation system according to claim 11, in which the web interrupting the ring-shaped groove in the grip area and the web at the area adjoining the fourth interface are flush. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The intubation system according to claim 1, in which the display device comprises a first component having a substantially shallow cuboid shape with cuboid edges and with an image reproduction surface, the display device comprises a second component with a substantially L-shaped configuration and with a first limb and a second limb, the first limb of the second component is connected to the first component in such a way that the second component is pivotable relative to the first component about a pivot axis, the pivot axis is parallel to one of the cuboid edges of the first component and orthogonal to both limbs of the second component, the second interface is arranged at the second limb of the second component or is integrated therein or forms the second limb of the second component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The intubation system according to claim 13, in which the second component of the display device is arranged at a middle third of one of the cuboid edges of the first component. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The intubation system according to claim 13, in which a plug-in direction of the second interface is parallel to the second limb of the second component. ### Claim 16 The display device for a laryngoscopy system or intubation system, comprising: an image reproduction surface for displaying an image captured by means of an intubation instrument; a recess at a rear face of the display device directed away from the image reproduction surface, into which recess an energy store is insertable, an interface for coupling the display device to a laryngoscope or to an intubation instrument, a power interface in or at the recess, for connection to an energy store inserted into the recess. ### Claim 17 The display device for a laryngoscopy system or intubation system, comprising: a first component having a substantially shallow cuboid shape with cuboid edges and with an image reproduction surface; a second component with a substantially L-shaped configuration and with a first limb and a second limb; an interface for coupling the display device to a laryngoscope or to an intubation instrument, wherein the first limb of the second component is connected to the first component in such a way that the second component is pivotable relative to the first component about a pivot axis, wherein the pivot axis is parallel to one of the cuboid edges of the first component and orthogonal to both limbs of the second component, wherein the interface is arranged at the second limb of the second component or is integrated therein or forms the second limb of the second component. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display device according to claim 17, in which the second component of the display device is arranged at a middle third of one of the cuboid edges of the first component. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The display device according to claim 17, in which a plug-in direction of the interface is parallel to the second limb of the second component.