Maintaining an open airway is a critical priority in emergency medicine. Without the flow of oxygen, other emergency interventions can become ineffective ...

A soft robotic device could help first responders open airways in seconds, making lifesaving care safer and faster for ...

HOUSTON – (April 11, 2024) – TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice University, created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube (ETT) integrated with a camera and ...

Esophageal intubation describes the unintended insertion of a breathing tube into the esophagus (the tube leading to the stomach) instead of the windpipe (trachea). If this is not promptly recognized ...

FOND DU LAC – SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital has introduced a new device to improve the safety and success of intubating newborns, especially those born prematurely.

FUJIFILM SonoSite announced a partnership with Vivid Medical to promote the VividTrac Video Intubation Device, a single-use, open-access intubation device with a USB interface. The device offers ...

Use of hyperangulated video laryngoscopy reduced the number of attempts needed to achieve endotracheal intubation compared with direct laryngoscopy among adults undergoing elective or emergent ...

image: Rice University engineering students develop a simplified, wireless video laryngoscope to help clinicians intubate patients before procedures or in an emergency. They will demonstrate the ...

MINNEAPOLIS, March 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Smiths Medical has issued an Urgent Medical Device Correction to notify affected global customers of a potential issue with the 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 mm ...

The Spritztube (ST) is an extraglottic airway device developed for humans. The aim of the study was to design an ST for rabbits and to evaluate its feasibility. The study was divided into two phases.

A colonoscopy technique involving repeat intubation of the sigmoid colon significantly improves detection of adenomas compared with conventional colonoscopy evaluations, new research showed. “After ...