Adaptive laryngoscope and adaptive blade for a laryngoscope

US10646112B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Vincent Nettelroth · Mühlhausen-Ehingen, DE
• Roland Hagen · Spaichingen, DE
• Christopher Deppisch · Engen, DE
• Marcus Brechtold · Tuttlingen, DE
• Ulrich Merz · Tuttlingen, DE
• Eugenia Fuhr · Tuttlingen, DE
• Petra Kupferschmid · Tuttlingen, DE
• Andreas Efinger · Münsingen, DE
• Ralf Staud · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 6, 2017
• Grant date: May 12, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B1/0676
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An adaptive blade for a laryngoscope includes a proximal end, which is mechanically connectable or connected to a handle in order to form an adaptive laryngoscope, a first flexible bar, which extends from the proximal end of the adaptive blade to the distal end thereof, and a second flexible bar, which extends from the proximal end of the adaptive blade to the distal end thereof. At the distal end of the adaptive blade, the flexible bars are connected to each other mechanically rigidly or in an articulated manner. In the proximal direction from the distal end of the adaptive blade, the flexible bars are mechanically connected to each other in such a way that they are movable relative to each other substantially in their longitudinal directions.