US 12,458,219 B2
Laryngoscopy apparatus having means for clearing material from its viewing window
Waylan Wong, Orange, CA (US); and Gabriel Punsalan, Orange, CA (US)
Assigned to The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/586,573.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/142,444, filed on Jan. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233066 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/267 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00091 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/126 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A video laryngoscopy sleeve configured to receive a separate video device or an optical waveguide configured to transmit images to a video device, the video laryngoscopy sleeve comprising:
a handle configured for gripping by an operator;
a blade extending from the handle configured for insertion through the mouth of a patient;
a first channel that extends through the handle and the blade and that terminates in a first distal opening positioned near a distal end of the blade, wherein the first channel is enclosed, wherein the first channel is sized such that the first channel is configured to contain the video device or the optical waveguide configured to transmit images to a video device;
a clear viewing window provided on the blade that enables a patient's airway to be viewed; and
means for clearing material from the viewing window that could obscure the view of the airway.