Surgery – Endoscope – With guide means for body insertion
Patent
1996-02-01
1998-03-31
Flanagan, Beverly M.
Surgery
Endoscope
With guide means for body insertion
600121, 600125, 600144, A61B 104
Patent
active
057332410
ABSTRACT:
A fiberoptic intubation stylet is an endotracheal intubation aid for use with a fiberoptic scope to facilitate difficult endotracheal intubations particularly when a direct line of sight is not available due to patient's anatomy or pathology. The fiberoptic intubation stylet comprises a pre-sterilized soft transparent plastic holding sheath with a longitudinally built-in malleable metal stylet. The tubular holding sheath provides a neat and secure contact of the fiberoptic scope so that the stylet can be held in position. The malleable stylet makes the fiber optic scope as firm and able to be curled into a shape of an ordinary intubation stylet that is familiar to all intubators, thus enableing the fiberoptic scope to be manipulated as an ordinary intubation style in any clinical situation, even when a direct line of sight is not possible. Since the holding sheath can sufficiently cover the total intraoral portion of a fiberoptic scope, it protects the scope from contacting the patient and prevents contamination. The scope thus needs not be sterilized after each use and can be used in other patient without delay. This feature not only increases the efficiency of the scope usage but also reduces the expansion for sterilization and repair, as well as prolonging the life of the scope, which is very delicate and expensive. The present invention thus provides not only a convenient and efficient alternative to conventional fiberoptic intubation technology that also has great promise as a major advancement in airway management, but its low cost shall also play a very important role in the new realities of today's healthcare industry.
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Chan Raymond Y. C.
Flanagan Beverly M.
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