Light guide mount for use with a laryngoscope
AssigneeTruphatek International Ltd.
InventorsEugeny Pecherer, Igor Kobets
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Abstract
A light guide mount for use with a Shucman™ type ISO 7376/1 compatible laryngoscope blade, the light guide mount including a housing with a throughbore, and an L-shaped fiber optic light pipe with a short leg securely fastened into the housing and a long leg for extending along the blade, the throughbore accommodating a floating contact pin, a portion of the short leg, and a miniature bulb interdisposed between the contact pin and the short leg. A removable light guide mount for use with a laryngoscope blade, the light guide mount being removably slidingly insertable into a suitably shaped and dimensioned slot formed in a base portion of the blade, and secured therein by an inter-engagement means, and preferably a snap-fit inter-engagement means.
Claims20
Light guide mount for use with an ISO 7376/1 compatible laryngoscope blade having a base portion for removable secure coupling on an ISO 7376/1 compatible laryngoscope handle having a longitudinal axis, an electrical power source and a reciprocal electrical contact normally biased away from the electrical power source and in electrical connection therewith on secure coupling of the base portion thereon, and a spatula transversely extending from the laryngoscope handle on the secure coupling of the base portion thereon for insertion into a patient's mouth,
- the light guide mount comprising
- (a) a housing for removable sliding insertion into a suitably shaped and dimensioned slot formed in the base portion and co-directional with the laryngoscope handle on secure coupling of the base portion thereon, and
- (b) an L-shaped light pipe with a short leg securely fastened into said housing and a long leg for extending along the spatula towards its tip,
- said housing having a throughbore with a longitudinal axis substantially parallel with the laryngoscope handle's longitudinal axis on secure coupling of the base portion thereon, and a component of an inter-engagement means for enabling the removable securing of the light guide mount to the laryngoscope blade,
- said throughbore accommodating a floating contact pin, a portion of said short leg, and a miniature bulb interdisposed between said contact pin and said portion of said short leg,
- the arrangement being such that said miniature bulb is energized on secure coupling of the base portion on the laryngoscope handle for illuminating via said light pipe the interior of the patient's mouth on insertion of the spatula thereinto.
An ISO 7376/1 compatible laryngoscope blade for use with an ISO 7376/1 compatible laryngoscope handle having a longitudinal axis, an electrical power source and a reciprocal electrical contact normally biased away from the electrical power source and in electrical connection therewith on secure coupling of an ISO 7376/1 compatible laryngoscope blade thereon,
- the blade comprising a base portion for removable secure coupling on an ISO 7376/1 compatible laryngoscope handle and a spatula transversely extending therefrom on the secure coupling of said base portion thereon for insertion into a patient's mouth,
- said base portion having a throughbore with a longitudinal axis substantially parallel with the laryngoscope handle's longitudinal axis on secure coupling of said base portion thereon, and an L-shaped light pipe with a short leg securely fastened into said base portion and a long leg for extending along the spatula towards its tip,
- said throughbore accommodating a floating contact pin, a portion of said short leg, and a miniature bulb interdisposed between said contact pin and said portion of said short leg,
- the arrangement being such that said miniature bulb is energized on secure coupling of said base portion on the laryngoscope handle for illuminating via said light pipe the interior of the patient's mouth on insertion of the spatula thereinto.
A removable light guide mount for use with a laryngoscope blade for removable secure coupling on a laryngoscope handle having a longitudinal axis and an electrical power source, the laryngoscope blade having a base portion including the light guide mount, and a spatula transversely extending from the laryngoscope handle on the secure coupling of the base portion thereon for insertion into a patient's mouth,
- the light guide mount comprising a housing removably slidingly insertable into a suitably shaped and dimensioned slot formed in the base portion and co-directional with the laryngoscope handle on coupling the base portion thereon, and having a component of an inter-engagement means for enabling the securing of said housing to the base portion,
- the arrangement being such that a miniature bulb of the laryngoscope is energized on the secure coupling of the base portion on the laryngoscope handle for illuminating the interior of the patient's mouth on insertion of the spatula thereinto.
An ISO 7376/1 compatible laryngoscope blade comprising a base portion for removable secure coupling on an ISO 7376/1 compatible laryngoscope handle having a longitudinal axis, an electrical power source and a reciprocal electrical contact normally biased away from the electrical power source and in electrical connection therewith on secure coupling of said base portion thereon, and a spatula transversely extending from the laryngoscope handle on the secure coupling of said base portion thereon for insertion into a patient's mouth, said base portion including a slot co-directional with the laryngoscope handle on secure coupling of said base portion thereon for removably slidingly receiving a light mount guide therein,
- said light guide mount having (a) a housing with a throughbore having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel with the laryngoscope handle's longitudinal axis on its insertion into said base portion and the secure coupling of said base portion on the laryngoscope handle, and a component of an inter-engagement means for enabling the removable securing of said light guide mount to the laryngoscope blade, and (b) an L-shaped light pipe with a short leg securely fastened into said housing and a long leg for extending along said spatula towards its tip,
- said throughbore accommodating a floating contact pin, a portion of said short leg, and a miniature bulb interdisposed between said contact pin and said portion of said short leg,
- the arrangement being such that said miniature bulb is energized on secure coupling of said base portion on the laryngoscope handle for illuminating via said light pipe the interior of the patient's mouth on insertion of the spatula thereinto.
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