Jeffrey A Rosenthal

US Patent:

20110077466, Mar 31, 2011

Filed:

Sep 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/889082

Inventors:

Jeffrey A. Rosenthal - Grand Rapids MI, US

Assignee:

SPECTRUM HEALTH INNOVATIONS, LLC - Grand Rapids MI

International Classification:

A61B 1/267

US Classification:

600188

Abstract:

A laryngoscope guide including a guide conduit for advancing an introducer. The guide can house an imaging system having a field of view and an optical axis. The guide can include a distal tip and a first blade plane that bisects the distal tip and/or the blade. The guide conduit can define an advancement axis projecting into the field of view, the advancement axis aligned to traverse and/or intersect at least one of the first blade plane and the optical axis. The orientation of the advancement axis relative to the first blade plane and/or optical axis can assist in viewing, aligning and optionally steering the introducer with the guide into a preselected location in a subject, such as a glottis or a trachea, to optionally establish an airway. The guide is suitable for use where neck mobility is an issue, an airway is difficult, or a subject is obese.

US Patent:

20110201890, Aug 18, 2011

Filed:

Sep 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/060483

Inventors:

Jeffrey A. Rosenthal - Grand Rapids MI, US

Assignee:

SPECTRUM HEALTH INNOVATIONS, LLC - Grand Rapids MI

International Classification:

A61B 1/267

US Classification:

600188

Abstract:

A method of using a laryngoscope guide including a guiding conduit for advancing an introducer. The method can be used to intubate a subject by positioning the laryngoscope guide in an airway; advancing the introducer in the conduit until an end of the introducer enters the glottis, while viewing images of the introducer end; removing the laryngoscope guide with the guide conduit from the introducer and from the airway; guiding a tube with the introducer until an end of the tube enters the glottis; and removing the introducer from the tube with the end of the tube remaining in the glottis, and in particular, in the trachea, to establish an airway. The guide and method can enable a healthcare professional to intubate a subject where neck mobility is an issue, where an airway is difficult, and/or where a subject is obese.