Laryngoscope blade with tongue controlling wing sections

Details Laryngoscope blade with tongue controlling wing sections Laryngoscope blade with tongue controlling wing sections

1999-05-27

1999-11-30

Hirsch, Paul J.

Surgery

Specula

Laryngoscope

600190, A61B 1267

Patent

active

059933836

ABSTRACT:
An improved laryngoscope blade of the type having a laryngoscope handle attachment fitting and a blade assembly including an illumination source having a light output and a straight blade member with curved end extending from the handle attachment fitting and defining a visualization channel into which the light output of the illumination source is directed. The improvement includes providing left and right frustrum shaped, mirror image wing sections on the straight blade member with curved end for controlling and depressing the tongue out of the line of sight when inserting a tube.

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