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Lateralized Laryngoscope Blade, Kenneth Gregg, Steven Innocenzi, Jacob Myers, Regina Neugebauer, Clarence Noronha
Lateralized Laryngoscope Blade, Kenneth Gregg, Steven Innocenzi, Jacob Myers, Regina Neugebauer, Clarence Noronha
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Tracheal intubations are one of the most common surgeries that occur since they are necessary for most patients under anesthesia. Given the frequency, an error with a relatively low chance of occurring can still provide a large problem both for the patient and the hospital. We studied teeth damage that arise during tracheal intubations to determine if improvements could be made to the process to lower the chance of it occurring. Given this, we set out to improve the laryngoscope to provide a product with a novel approach that sweeps into the mouth from the left side before traveling the …