Friday, November 21, 2008

Yeescope: Single Patient Use One-piece Laryngoscope

Filed under: Anesthesiology , Emergency Medicine

Have you ever heard of a disposable plastic laryngoscope? Neither have we. But that is exactly what the Australian company Yeescope Pty Ltd. is displaying at Medica 2008. The device comes in MAC 3 and MAC 4 sizes, and features an interesting handle hook that "allows the user to lift the lower jaw with more balance in the load, and minimises the tendency to lever on, and damage the upper front teeth as may occur with the standard laryngoscope." The company believes that by changing to a totally disposable system, you and colleagues can save some dough by reducing inventory costs of "multiple handles and blades, and bulbs and light guides." We are not swayed. In our humble opinion, the device will more likely be useful to those that do office based anesthesia, as no one likes to carry around the dirty blades.

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