Intubation Instrument with Cable-Configurable Display for Clear Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional laryngoscopy systems face challenges in providing a clear view of the larynx, especially in unfavorable spatial conditions, and can increase the risk of patient injury due to the weight and handling difficulties, particularly in emergency and neonatal scenarios.
Innovation Solution
An intubation system with a laryngoscope or intubation endoscope that allows a display device to be connected directly or indirectly via a cable, featuring interchangeable interfaces for flexible configurations, and includes an energy store integrated into the display device to reduce the weight and complexity of the intubation instrument.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional laryngoscope with integrated display is used, then visual monitoring is provided, but the weight makes delicate handling difficult especially in neonatology
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is separated from the intubation instrument, allowing the lightweight instrument to be used for delicate neonatal procedures while the display can be positioned separately for clear visual monitoring. The cable connection enables this segmented configuration without compromising either visual monitoring or handling ease.
2Device complexity
If the display device is connected directly to the handle, then a compact configuration is achieved, but flexibility in spatial arrangement is reduced in emergency situations
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows dynamic reconfiguration between direct connection and cable-connected modes. The cable connection enables the display to be moved to different positions and orientations according to spatial conditions, while the direct connection option provides a compact configuration when needed. This dynamic adaptability resolves the contradiction between simplicity and flexibility.
3Ease of operation
If the display device is positioned close to the handle, then easy handling is maintained, but clear viewing may be obstructed in unfavorable spatial conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The cable acts as an intermediary element that decouples the display device from the handle, allowing the display to be positioned where it can be clearly viewed while maintaining connection to the intubation instrument. This resolves the conflict between handling ease and visual monitoring quality by introducing a flexible connection medium.
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AI summary
An intubation system includes an intubation instrument for capturing an image. The intubation instrument has a first interface for providing an image signal representing the captured image, a display device with a second interface for receiving the image signal, wherein the display device is provided and designed to display the image captured by the intubation instrument, and a cable with a third interface at a first end of the cable and with a fourth interface at a second end of the cable. The interfaces are designed such that the first interface at the intubation instrument is connectable directly to the second interface at the display device and is alternatively connectable directly to the third interface at the cable, and such that the second interface at the display device is connectable directly to the first interface at the intubation instrument and alternatively connectable directly to the fourth interface at the cable.