Wireless Intubation Video Display Adapter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current intubation systems lack the ability to efficiently and effectively provide simultaneous video streams from both endoscope and laryngoscope during airway intubation procedures, limiting the doctor's visualization and orientation, especially in complex cases.
Innovation Solution
An intubation system comprising an endoscope, a laryngoscope, and a display adapter that includes wireless video transmission capabilities, allowing the endoscope and laryngoscope video streams to be received and displayed on a single device, with user-selectable video feed options, reducing clutter and enhancing visualization during procedures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple video streams from endoscope and laryngoscope are transmitted simultaneously, then visualization and orientation for doctors is improved, but system complexity and wire management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple video streams from the endoscope and laryngoscope into a single integrated wireless transmission system. The display adapter receives and processes both video feeds simultaneously, merging them into one unified display output that shows both perspectives without requiring separate transmission paths or additional wiring complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical wire-based video transmission system with wireless video transmission technology. This substitution eliminates the physical wires that would connect the endoscope and laryngoscope to the display system, thereby reducing wire management complexity while maintaining simultaneous transmission of multiple video streams.
2Ease of operation
If wireless video transmission is implemented, then wire clutter is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but reliability of video transmission may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical wire-based video transmission system with wireless video transmission technology. This substitution eliminates the physical wires that would connect the endoscope and laryngoscope to the display system, thereby reducing wire management complexity while maintaining simultaneous transmission of multiple video streams.
3Loss of information
If both endoscope and laryngoscope video streams are displayed simultaneously, then doctor's visualization is improved, but display device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple video streams from the endoscope and laryngoscope into a single integrated wireless transmission system. The display adapter receives and processes both video feeds simultaneously, merging them into one unified display output that shows both perspectives without requiring separate transmission paths or additional wiring complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables live, low-latency video streaming of both endoscope and laryngoscope feeds, improving visualization and orientation for doctors during intubation, particularly in difficult cases, by eliminating the need for wires and providing flexible and reusable components.
Implementation Method 1
an endoscope video camera and at least one light emitting diode at a distal end
Data Source
AI summary
An intubation system is provided including 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 stream to supply from the display adaptor to the display.