Medical devices with camera and methods of placement
AssigneeWm & Dg, Inc.
InventorRobert W. Molnar
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Abstract
The present invention provides medical devices comprising a camera combined with a second device selected from an endotracheal tube, oral airway, supraglottic airway, tracheostomy tube, suction catheter, tubeless intubating device, tool tube and/or stylet. The present invention also provides methods for rapid and accurate placement of a medical device in a patient with a guidance of a bougie and continuous real-time monitoring, including a remote monitoring, of the patient after the placement.
Claims24
A medical intubating device comprising a camera combined with a second device comprising an endotracheal tube, oral airway, tracheostomy tube, suction catheter, tubeless intubating device, supraglottic oral airway, truncated supraglottic oral airway, tool tube, trocar, ventilation cap, medical examination glove and/or stylet;
- wherein the camera has a distal end and a proximal end and wherein the second device has a distal end and a proximal end, and wherein the distal end of the camera is in near proximity with the distal end of the second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.