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Granted Patent B2
US 12,636,452 · App. 18/315,528 · Granted May 26, 2026

Intubation system

Inventor: Abdulrahman Athwan S. Alqarni (Jubail, SA)
Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
A61M16/0488A61M25/0102A61M25/0127
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Patent No.
US 12,636,452
App. No.
18/315,528
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An intubation system is provided. The intubation system includes a metal tip bougie and a locating base. The metal tip bougie includes a bougie body with a metal tip disposed at a first end of the bougie body. The locating base includes a first magnet, a conformable base, a sensor, and an electricity port. The conformable base is disposed at a first end of the first magnet and the sensor is disposed at a second end of the first magnet. The electricity port is disposed between the first end and the second end of the first magnet. A bottom of the conformable base includes at least two runners configured to allow the locating base to slide up a neck of a patient.

Claims (29)

1 . An intubation system, comprising:

a metal tip bougie and a locating base;

wherein the metal tip bougie includes a bougie body with a metal tip disposed at a first end of the bougie body;

wherein the locating base includes a first magnet, a conformable base, a sensor, a protrusion, and an electricity port;

wherein the conformable base is disposed at a first end of the first magnet and the sensor is disposed at a second end of the first magnet;

wherein the protrusion is disposed at a first end of the sensor;

wherein the electricity port is disposed between the first end of the first magnet and the second end of the first magnet;

wherein a bottom of the conformable base comprises at least two runners configured to allow the locating base to slide on a neck of a patient;

wherein a magnetic force generated by the first magnet of the locating base is configured to guide the metal tip of the metal tip bougie during an intubation process; and

wherein the sensor of the locating base is configured to measure a closeness of the metal tip of the metal tip bougie to the first magnet of the locating base during the intubation process.

2 . The intubation system of claim 1 , wherein each runner of the at least two runners of the conformable base is connected to the first magnet via one or more vertical attachment columns.

3 . The intubation system of claim 1 , wherein the bougie body is fabricated of at least one material selected from a rubber, a polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a polytetrafluoroethylene, a Teflon, a plastic polymer, and a non-thermoplastic material.

4 . The intubation system of claim 1 , wherein the metal tip is fabricated of at least one material selected from a stainless steel, an iron, a copper, a tin, an aluminum, a cobalt, a neodymium, a gadolinium, a dysprosium, a holmium, a nickel, a silver, and a combination of two or more of the at least one material.

5 . The intubation system of claim 1 , wherein the conformable base is fabricated of at least one material selected from a rubber, a polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a polytetrafluoroethylene, a Teflon, a plastic polymer, and a non-thermoplastic material.

6 . The intubation system of claim 1 , the at least two runners are fabricated of at least one material selected from a rubber, a polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a polytetrafluoroethylene, a Teflon, a plastic polymer, and a non-thermoplastic material.

7 . The intubation system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more vertical attachment columns are fabricated of at least one material selected from the group consisting of a stainless steel, an iron, a copper, a tin, an aluminum, and a combination thereof.

8 . The intubation system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor further comprises a metal sensor tip.

9 . The intubation system of claim 8 , wherein the metal sensor tip is fabricated of a material different than the metal tip.

10 . The intubation system of claim 8 , wherein the metal sensor tip is fabricated of a material that is the same as the metal tip.

11 . The intubation system of claim 2 , wherein a length of each of the runners is from 1 up to 1.3 times greater than a length of the one or more vertical attachment columns.

12 . The intubation system of claim 2 , wherein a length of the one or more vertical attachment columns is from 1 up to 1.3 times greater than a length of the at least two runners.

13 . The intubation system of claim 1 , wherein the first magnet is at least one selected from an electromagnet and a permanent magnet.

14 . The intubation system of claim 1 , wherein the at least two runners are configured with a cylindrical cross section.

15 . The intubation system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more vertical attachment columns are configured with a cylindrical cross section.

16 . The intubation system of claim 2 , wherein a diameter of an individual runner of the at least two runners is from 1.5 to up 2.5 times greater than a diameter of an individual vertical attachment column of the one or more vertical attachment columns.

17 . The intubation system of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is configured to perform a maneuver on the neck of the patient.

18 . The intubation system of claim 1 , wherein a pair of wheels is disposed between a bottom surface of the first magnet and a top surface of the conformable base configured to move the first magnet horizontally on the conformable base.

19 . The intubation system of claim 1 , wherein the conformable base further comprises a depression configured to hold the first magnet.

20 . The intubation system of claim 19 , wherein the depression contains a second magnet configured to hold the first magnet in the depression.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2023
From: ALQARNI, ABDULRAHMAN ATHWAN S.
To: IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 063608/0741 →
Continuity (1)
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