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US 12,502,057 · App. 17/340,967 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Video laryngoscopes

Inventors: Phillip William Dixon (Wokingham, GB); Mark Richard Browne (Wokingham, GB); Andrew Neil Miller (Wokingham, GB)
Assignee: INTERSURGICAL AG
A61B1/267A61B1/00009A61B1/00045A61B1/00052A61B1/00066A61B1/00103A61B1/042A61B1/04A61B2560/0425
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Patent No.
US 12,502,057
App. No.
17/340,967
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laryngoscope ( 10 ) having a body ( 20, 42 ) including a handle, a laryngoscope blade ( 22 ) extending from a distal end of the body ( 20, 42 ), and a display screen housing ( 18 ) extending from a proximal end of the body ( 20, 42 ). The laryngoscope ( 10 ) has at least one unitary housing component ( 12 ) that defines at least a portion of each of the body ( 20, 42 ), the laryngoscope blade ( 22 ) and the display screen housing ( 18 ).

Claims (7)

1 . A laryngoscope comprising:

a body including a handle;

a laryngoscope blade extending from a distal end of the body; and

a display screen housing extending from a proximal end of the body, wherein the laryngoscope comprises a first unitary housing component that defines at least a portion of each of the body, the laryngoscope blade and the display screen housing, and a second unitary housing component that defines at least a portion of the body and the display screen housing, and wherein the display screen housing comprises a display screen component having a display screen, and the first and second unitary housing components at least partially encapsulate the display screen component and define an opening through which the display screen component is visible, wherein the first unitary housing component and the second unitary housing component are arranged side-by-side, relative to a medial plane substantially bisecting the body and the laryngoscope blade, and the first unitary housing component forms a first side of the body and the display screen housing of the laryngoscope and the second unitary housing component forms a second side of the body and the display screen housing of the laryngoscope, relative to the medial plane, and the first and second unitary housing components at least partially encapsulate the display screen component.

2 . The laryngoscope as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the laryngoscope further comprises a rear housing component, which defines an opening through which the display screen of the display screen component is visible.

3 . The laryngoscope as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display screen housing is non-removable from the body of the laryngoscope, without disassembling or breaking the body of the laryngoscope.

4 . The laryngoscope as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the laryngoscope is a single-use, disposable laryngoscope.

Priority Claims (1)
GB 1508739 · May 21, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15575606
Related Publication 20210290049A1 · Sep 23, 2021
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