Video laryngoscope and medical device wireless video transfer

1 . A system for transmitting video laryngoscope images, comprising:

a plurality of external devices including a medical device with a display screen; and

a video laryngoscope comprising a camera, an optical transceiver, a non-optical wireless transmitter, a processor, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the video laryngoscope to perform operations comprising:

automatically, upon startup and without further user input, performing an unfamiliar wireless connection process for each of the plurality of external devices located within a first room with the video laryngoscope to establish a wireless connection to each of the plurality of external devices;

transmitting, via the established wireless connections, images captured by the camera to the plurality of external devices;

receiving a power-off input;

powering off the video laryngoscope in response to the power-off input;

receiving a power-on input in a second room different from the first room;

based on receiving the power-on input, detecting an optical signal from a medical device in the second room; and

based on the optical signal from a medical device in the second room, establishing a non-optical connection with the medical device in the second room but not with any of the plurality of external devices located in the first room.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the medical device in the second room is one of a defibrillator, an anesthesia machine, a multi-parameter monitor, a medical imaging device, an electrocardiogram (ECG) machine, or an intravenous (IV) pump.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the medical device displays, on the display, the images transmitted by the video laryngoscope.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein performing the unfamiliar wireless connection process comprises:

exchanging wireless signals, having a first wireless signal type, between the video laryngoscope and the each of the plurality of external devices; and

wherein the wireless connection is of a second wireless signal type, and establishing the wireless connection is based on data in exchanged wireless signals.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein:

the video laryngoscope comprises a first transceiver that communicates on the first wireless signal type and a second transceiver that communicates on the second wireless signal type; and

each of the plurality of external devices includes a first transceiver that communicates on the first wireless signal type and a second transceiver that communicates on the second wireless signal type.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the wireless signals are optical signals, and the established wireless connections are non-optical connections.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the unfamiliar wireless connection process comprises, upon startup, emitting an optical signal that encodes identification information for the video laryngoscope.

8 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the medical device comprises an optical window in a housing of the medical device and an optical transceiver positioned behind the optical window of the medical device.

9 . A system for transmitting video laryngoscope images, comprising:

a medical device comprising:

a first optical transceiver that detects and emits optical signals;

a first non-optical wireless transceiver that transmits and receives non-optical data signals;

a display;

a first memory; and

a first processor;

a headless hub comprising:

a second optical transceiver that detects and emits optical signals;

a second non-optical wireless transceiver that transmits and receives non-optical data signals;

a second memory; and

a second processor;

a video laryngoscope comprising:

a camera that acquires images;

a third optical transceiver that detects and emits optical signals;

a third non-optical wireless transceiver that transmits and receives non-optical data signals;

a third processor; and

a third memory storing instructions that, when executed by the third processor, causes the video laryngoscope to perform operations comprising:

detect, by the third optical transceiver, a first optical signal from the first optical transceiver of the medical device;

detect, by the third optical transceiver, a second optical signal from the second optical transceiver of the headless hub;

based on data in the first optical signal, establish, by the third non-optical wireless transceiver and without prior or further user input, a first non-optical connection with the first non-optical wireless transceiver of the medical device;

based on data in the second optical signal, establish, by the third non-optical wireless transceiver and without prior or further user input, a second non-optical connection with the second non-optical wireless transceiver of the headless hub;

capture, by the camera, video data;

transmit the captured video data to the medical device via the first non-optical connection; and

transmit the captured video data to the headless hub via the second non-optical connection.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the first memory of the medical device stores instructions that, when executed by the first processor causes the medical device to perform operations comprising:

receive the transmitted video data from the video laryngoscope; and

display the video data on the display.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the first memory of the medical device stores instructions that, when executed by the first processor causes the medical device to perform operations further comprising:

generate physiological parameter data about a patient;

combine the video data and the physiological parameter data into a data package; and

transmit the data package to a medical database located remotely from the medical device.

12 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the medical device further comprises an optical window in a housing of the medical device, and the first optical transceiver is positioned behind the optical window.

13 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the medical device further comprises:

a video-laryngoscope pairing printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) that includes the first processor, the first memory, the first optical transceiver, and the first non-optical wireless transceiver; and

a primary-function PCBA that includes a fourth processor and a fourth memory that stores instructions for performing primary functions of the medical device.

14 . A method, performed by a video laryngoscope, for transmitting image data captured by the video laryngoscope, the method comprising:

while in a first patient environment, receiving a first power-on input;

upon startup in response to the first power-on input and without requiring any further user input, detecting a first optical signal from a first medical device having a first display screen;

based on the first optical signal and without pre-pairing, establishing a first non-optical connection with the first medical device;

capturing first images by a camera of the video laryngoscope during a first medical procedure being performed in the first patient environment;

transmitting the first images to the first medical device via the first non-optical connection;

powering off the video laryngoscope;

subsequently, while in a second patient environment, receiving a second power-on input;

upon startup in response to the second power-on input, and without requiring any further user input, detecting a second optical signal from a second medical device having a second display screen, the second medical device being different from the first medical device;

based on the second optical signal and without pre-pairing, establishing a second non-optical connection with the second medical device and not the first medical device;

capturing second images by the camera of the video laryngoscope during a second medical procedure being performed in the second patient environment; and

transmitting the second images to the second medical device via the second non-optical connection.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the first medical device is one of a defibrillator, an anesthesia machine, a medical imaging device, an electrocardiogram (ECG) machine, or an intravenous (IV) pump.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the first medical device is a defibrillator.

17 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the first medical device is an anesthesia machine.

18 . The method of claim 14 , wherein transmission of the second images to the second medical device causes a display of the second images on a display of the second medical device.

19 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the first patient environment is an ambulance.

20 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the first patient environment is a first hospital room and the second patient environment is a second hospital room.