Patent Application
20240130611
The present disclosure generally relates to an intubation system, and more specifically to an intubation system allowing use of both an intubation tube and a laryngoscope.
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an intubation system is provided that includes: an endoscope, a laryngoscope, and a display adaptor. The endoscope includes an endoscope video camera and at least one light emitting diode at a distal end, the endoscope video camera generating an endoscope video stream. The laryngoscope includes: a laryngoscope video camera for generating a laryngoscope video stream, and a button. The display adapter is configured to receive the endoscope video stream and the laryngoscope video stream and to supply the video stream to a display. The button allows user selection of which of the laryngoscope video stream and the endoscope video stream, or both video streams to supply from the display adaptor to the display.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an intubation system is provided that includes an endoscope, a laryngoscope, and a display adaptor. The endoscope includes: an endoscope video camera and at least one light emitting diode at a distal end and an endoscope wireless video transmitter on the proximal end for receiving an endoscope video stream from the endoscope video camera and transmitting an endoscope wireless video broadcast. The laryngoscope includes: a laryngoscope video camera and a laryngoscope wireless video transmitter for receiving a laryngoscope video stream from the laryngoscope video camera and transmitting a laryngoscope wireless video broadcast. The display adapter is configured to receive at least one of the endoscope wireless video broadcast and the laryngoscope wireless video broadcast and to supply the video stream transmitted within the wireless video broadcasts to a display.
According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, an intubation system includes an endoscope and a laryngoscope in communication with the endoscope. The endoscope includes an endoscope video camera and at least one light emitting diode at a distal end, the endoscope video camera generating an endoscope video stream. The laryngoscope includes: a laryngoscope video camera for generating a laryngoscope video stream; a button; and a laryngoscope display for displaying at least the laryngoscope video stream. The button provides user selection of which of the laryngoscope video stream and the endoscope video stream to display of the laryngoscope display.
These and other features, advantages, and objects of the present disclosure will be further understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art by reference to the following specification, claims, and appended drawings.
In the drawings:
The components in the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles described herein.
The present illustrated embodiments reside primarily in combinations of method steps and apparatus components related to an intubation system. Accordingly, the apparatus components and method steps have been represented, where appropriate, by conventional symbols in the drawings, showing only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments of the present disclosure so as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the description herein. Further, like numerals in the description and drawings represent like elements.
For purposes of description herein, the terms “upper,” “lower,” “right,” “left,” “rear,” “front,” “vertical,” “horizontal,” and derivatives thereof shall relate to the disclosure as oriented in
The terms “including,” “comprises,” “comprising,” or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. An element preceded by “comprises a . . . ” does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
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The display adapter 50 is configured to receive the endoscope video stream 33 and the laryngoscope video stream 43 and to supply one or both of the video stream to the display 60. A button 45 may provide user selection of which of the laryngoscope video stream 43, the endoscope video stream 33, or both video streams to supply from the display adaptor 50 to the display 60. The button 45 may be physical or virtual and may be provided on the laryngoscope 40 or at the display 60 via a touchscreen function.
The endoscope 30, the laryngoscope 40, and the display adaptor 50 may be connected by wires 61 (
To provide for wireless communication, the endoscope 30 may further include an endoscope wireless video transmitter 36 (
The wireless transmission may be provided over an ad hoc, mesh, or point-to-point wireless network and may use an existing protocol like Wi-Fi to reduce costs with commodity parts and standard protocols. Security may be provided with a pairing process and Wi-Fi standard encryption. Bluetooth™ may be used as a secondary wireless data channel to aid in device discovery and video pairing negotiation. By providing wireless transmissions between the components of intubation system 10, wires 61 therebetween may be eliminated thereby reducing clutter. By reducing clutter, the need for the user to orchestrate each micro-maneuver to avoid tangling of wires is eliminated while also making it easier to hand off any one of the components to another user.
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The laryngoscope video camera 42 may be positioned on the blade 41 of the laryngoscope 40 as shown in
The display adaptor 50 may include a controller 58 and a video processor 59. The video processor 59 may be provided to process the received video streams 33 and 43 to render them suitable for display. The receiver 56 may receive a control signal from transmitter 46 of the laryngoscope 40 representing input received from button 45. The controller 58 would detect the control signal and toggle the streamed video sent to the display(s) 60 and/or 54 to switch between the endoscope video stream 33, the laryngoscope video stream 43, or both simultaneously shown side by side. The display adaptor 50 may be configured with a male plug for insertion into a DVI or HDMI video-IN port on the display 54 or 60. The display adaptor 50 may be connected to a wall power outlet to receive power.
By providing the endoscope video camera 32 (in addition to the laryngoscope video camera 42), a doctor may see what is going on during all stages of intubation, switching to the view that is most helpful at each stage. In addition, the doctor may have orientation information of both video feeds for alignment. Further, the doctor otherwise may have additional information about the airway anatomy, especially in cases considered to be “difficult” by clinical standards.
The endoscope video stream 33 may be configured by the video processor 39 to have visual orientation information relative to the intubation tube 20, the patient anatomy, or the video stream 43 from the laryngoscope 40. The laryngoscope video stream 43 may be configured by the video processor 49 to have visual orientation information relative to the patient anatomy or the video stream 33 from the endoscope 30. This enables a consistent orientation of the video streams viewed by the doctor.
It will be understood by one having ordinary skill in the art that construction of the described disclosure and other components is not limited to any specific material. Other exemplary embodiments of the disclosure disclosed herein may be formed from a wide variety of materials, unless described otherwise herein.
For purposes of this disclosure, the term “coupled” (in all of its forms, couple, coupling, coupled, etc.) generally means the joining of two components (electrical or mechanical) directly or indirectly to one another. Such joining may be stationary in nature or movable in nature. Such joining may be achieved with the two components (electrical or mechanical) and any additional intermediate members being integrally formed as a single unitary body with one another or with the two components. Such joining may be permanent in nature or may be removable or releasable in nature unless otherwise stated.
It is also important to note that the construction and arrangement of the elements of the disclosure as shown in the exemplary embodiments is illustrative only. Although only a few embodiments of the present innovations have been described in detail in this disclosure, those skilled in the art who review this disclosure will readily appreciate that many modifications are possible (e.g., variations in sizes, dimensions, structures, shapes and proportions of the various elements, values of parameters, mounting arrangements, use of materials, colors, orientations, etc.) without materially departing from the novel teachings and advantages of the subject matter recited. For example, elements shown as integrally formed may be constructed of multiple parts or elements shown as multiple parts may be integrally formed, the operation of the interfaces may be reversed or otherwise varied, the length or width of the structures and/or members or connector or other elements of the system may be varied, the nature or number of adjustment positions provided between the elements may be varied. It should be noted that the elements and/or assemblies of the system may be constructed from any of a wide variety of materials that provide sufficient strength or durability, in any of a wide variety of colors, textures, and combinations. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present innovations. Other substitutions, modifications, changes, and omissions may be made in the design, operating conditions, and arrangement of the desired and other exemplary embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present innovations.
It will be understood that any described processes or steps within described processes may be combined with other disclosed processes or steps to form structures within the scope of the present disclosure. The exemplary structures and processes disclosed herein are for illustrative purposes and are not to be construed as limiting.
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) upon U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/380,468, entitled “MULTI VIDEO SOURCE, WIRELESS SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR AIRWAY INTUBATION” filed on Oct. 21, 2022, by Eric P. Bigoness et al., the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63380468 | Oct 2022 | US |
