| 摘要 |
<p num="1"><br/><br/><br/>A laryngoscope and flexible viewing device having means to carry an <br/>endotracheal tube into a patient and method of using the device are provided. <br/>The device allows a single user to view the interior of a patient''s anatomy <br/>and change the view to better determine the path for. The device can be used <br/>by a single individual to simultaneously open the pathway to a patient''s <br/>trachea and then deliver an intubation device, such as an endotracheal tube, <br/>without the assistance of another person. The device provides several options <br/>for the practitioner to both visualize the patient''s larynx and deliver an <br/>endotracheal tube into the trachea, especially in patients considered to have <br/>difficult anatomy to intubate. The viewing device in a preferred embodiment is <br/>a fiberoptic scope and the device includes a pivoting means to allow the <br/>viewing means to provide a more panoramic view of the patient''s throat area.<br/> |
