Futurity April 15, 2022
Mike Williams-Rice

A new handheld, 3D-printed device with a miniature wireless camera could make intubation easier and safer.

Clinicians can use a switch on the comfortable handle to adjust light from an LED near the camera, which feeds high-resolution video to one or multiple monitors.

A team of Rice University bioengineering students designed the laryngoscope, which simplifies intubation for patients undergoing scheduled or emergency procedures.

Kenneth Hiller, an anesthesiologist in private practice, approached the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen at Rice about collaborating on a laryngoscope that would allow easier access to image the throat and larynx and help place a breathing tube into the trachea.

Hiller, who has a patent on the design, recognized early on that engineering it into a true...

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