Training simulator for direct laryngoscopy

A laryngoscopy training simulator, comprising:

• a skeleton structure comprising a styloid process analogue, a mandible analogue, and a longitudinally extending column having a first end and a second end, wherein the styloid process analogue and the mandible analogue are coupled to and extend outwardly from the first end of the column and the column is configured to move between an extended state and a flexed state between the first and second ends;
• a suspension chain extending parallel to the column and configured to move with the column between the extended state and flexed state, the suspension chain comprising a hyoid analogue, a first elastic member coupling the hyoid analogue to the styloid process analogue, a second elastic member coupling the hyoid analogue to the mandible analogue, and a third elastic member coupling the hyoid analogue to an anchor point situated at the second end of the column of the skeleton structure;
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• a glottic analogue coupled to the hyoid analogue, wherein the glottic analogue is visible via a first opening defined between the mandible analogue and the first end of the column, and a second opening defined between the hyoid analogue and a longitudinally extending edge of the column;
• wherein when the column is in an extended state, the first and third elastic members are under tension and draw the hyoid analogue in a first direction toward the column, and wherein when the column is in a flexed state, the second elastic member is under tension and draws the hyoid analogue in a second direction toward the mandible analogue;
• wherein the visibility of the glottic analogue via the first and second openings is greater when the column is in a flexed state and the hyoid analogue is drawn in the second direction by the second elastic member, than when the column is in an extended state and the hyoid analogue is drawn in the first direction by the first and third elastic members.