Video laryngoscope systems and methods
AssigneeAircraft Medical Limited
InventorsPeter Douglas Colin Inglis, Matthew John Ross McGrath, Michael Ng
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Abstract
A laryngoscope system includes a body having a handle and an arm, a camera mounted on a distal end of the arm, and a removable blade having a channel sized to fit over the arm to couple the blade to the body. The blade includes a magnet, and a sensor disposed in the body is responsive to the magnet. The laryngoscope system also includes a processor disposed in the body and programmed to enable at least one monitoring function in response to a signal from the sensor.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A laryngoscope, comprising:
- a body;
- a camera coupled to the body and configured to obtain image data;
- a display screen coupled to the body and configured to display the image data;
- a touch sensor coupled to the body and configured to generate a touch signal;
- and
- a processor disposed in the body and programmed to initiate transfer of at least some of the image data to a device that is physically separate from the body in response to receipt of the touch signal from the touch sensor.
A laryngoscope system, comprising:
- a removable blade comprising an activating element;
- and
- a laryngoscope, comprising:
- a body comprising a handle and an arm;
- a camera mounted on or near a distal end of the arm and configured to obtain image data;
- a display screen coupled to the body and configured to display the image data;
- a touch sensor coupled to the body and configured to generate a touch signal;
- and
- a processor disposed in the body and programmed to:
- in response to detection of the activating element, activate the touch sensor and enable at least one additional monitoring function in response to receipt of the touch signal.
A method of operating a laryngoscope system, the method comprising:
- detecting, using a blade sensor disposed in a body of a laryngoscope, an activating element coupled to a removable blade positioned about an arm of the laryngoscope;
- generating, using the blade sensor, a blade signal in response to detecting the activating element;
- generating, using a camera on the arm of the laryngoscope, image data;
- enabling, using a processor, at least one additional monitoring function of the laryngoscope in response to receipt of the blade signal from the blade sensor, wherein enabling the at least one additional monitoring function comprises enabling storage of the image data in a memory of the laryngoscope, wireless transmission of the image data from the laryngoscope to a device located remotely from the laryngoscope, activation of a touch sensor of the laryngoscope, or any combination thereof;
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- operating, using the processor, the laryngoscope in a default mode absent receipt of the blade signal from the blade sensor, wherein the default mode includes operation of the camera to obtain the image data and display of the image data on a display screen of the laryngoscope and omits the at least one additional monitoring function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.