Tracheal intubation guide

US9486595B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMBU A/S · DK

Inventors

• Steen Borrye · Maribo, DK
• Merete Louise Borrye · Hettstedt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/502
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An intubation guide for guiding, positioning and/or insertion of e.g. an endotracheal tube in a patients trachea, and where the intubation guide comprises a relatively flexible guide extending from the distal end of a relatively stiff positioning handle having a curved section between its distal and proximal end, wherein the guide element forms a scoop shaped guide in extension of the positioning handle, and in that the positioning handle comprises an intubation channel extending along the positioning handle, and having a first end near the proximal end of the positioning handle, and the other end at the distal end near the guide scoop.