Magnetically controlled intubation system
AssigneeImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
InventorAbdulrahman Athwan S. ALQARNI
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Abstract
An intubation system is provided. The intubation system includes a metal tip bougie and a locating base. The metal tip bougie includes a bougie body with a metal tip disposed at a first end of the bougie body. The locating base includes a first magnet, a conformable base, a sensor, and an electricity port. The conformable base is disposed at a first end of the first magnet and the sensor is disposed at a second end of the first magnet. The electricity port is disposed between the first end and the second end of the first magnet. A bottom of the conformable base includes at least two runners configured to allow the locating base to slide up a neck of a patient.
Claims20
A magnetically controlled intubation system for endotracheal tube alignment, comprising:
- a metal tip bougie having an elongated bougie body, a distal end configured for placement in a trachea of a patient and a proximal end configured to hold the metal tip bougie during the placement of the metal tip bougie in the trachea of the patient, and
- a locating base;
- wherein the metal tip bougie includes a metal tip disposed at the distal end of the elongated bougie body;
- wherein the locating base includes a first magnet, a conformable base, a sensor, a protrusion, and an electricity port;
- wherein the conformable base is disposed at a first end of the first magnet and the sensor is disposed at a second end of the first magnet;
- wherein the protrusion is disposed at a first end of the sensor;
- wherein the electricity port is disposed between the first end of the first magnet and the second end of the first magnet;
- wherein a bottom of the conformable base comprises at least two runners configured to allow the locating base to slide on a neck of a patient;
- wherein a magnetic force generated by the first magnet of the locating base is configured to guide the metal tip of the metal tip bougie during an intubation process;
- and
- wherein the sensor of the locating base is configured to measure a closeness of the metal tip of the metal tip bougie to the first magnet of the locating base during the intubation process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.