Intubator for endotracheal tube intubation

摘要

To provide an improved introducer for tracheal tube intubation that works with both direct laryngoscopes and video laryngoscopes.SOLUTION: An introducer 500 for tracheal tube intubation has a proximal section 502 connected to a distal section 506 having an angled bougie tip 512. The introducer is configurable (i) for use as a bougie in which a tracheal tube is railroaded over the introducer's back end and into a trachea and (ii) for use as a stylet in which a tracheal tube is pre-loaded onto the introducer for insertion into a trachea. In certain embodiments, the introducer has one or more flexible or malleable sections 504 that enable the introducer to bend into different configurations. The flexible/malleable sections have directional bending such that the sections bend in roughly the same plane as the angled bougie tip.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5(A)