Abstract: A laryngoscope insertion section includes an elongate support member and a tube guide having a resilient tube guiding member, to enable the insertion section to be used with endotracheal tubes having a wide range of external diameters. The breadth and/or thickness of the insertion section can therefore be less when retaining an endotracheal tube having a relatively small external diameter, enabling the insertion section to reliably guide tubes having a range of external diameters and to reliably guide relatively small external diameter tubes while occupying less volume that would otherwise be required in order for the tube guide to be able to guide tubes having a larger external diameter.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 3, 2010
Publication date:
April 19, 2012
Applicant:
Aircraftraft Medical Limited
Inventors:
Matthew John Ross McGrath, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis