Laryngoscopes by blade shape

Herewith an tentative attempt to categorize laryngoscopes by blade shape:

Direct

Video/optical/indirect

“Traditional” Macintosh/Miller

  • C-MAC MAC and MIL (Storz)
  • Glidescope Direct

Hyperangulated

  • Glidescope (Verathon)
  • C-MAC “D” Dorges (Storz)

Channeled

  • Airtraq
  • King Vision (Ambu)
  • AWS (Pentax)

Hybrid & Other

  • CTrach – Intubating laryngeal mask with hybrid fibreoptic/video system allowing laryngoscopic view
  • TotalTrack – intubating supraglottic airway with video system allowing laryngoscopic view, with continuous ventilation
  • SmartBlade – channeled hyperangulated disposable VL using smartphone display

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