Portable Video Laryngoscope - Verathon

The GlideScope Go pocket video laryngoscope which allows analyzing the patient’s respiratory tract in any location is a new product from the American company Verathon Medical. It provides a possibility to administer first aid in emergency situations before an ambulance arrives. Replaceable tips (blades), which are selected depending on the patient’s age and allow examining both adults and infants, are among the main advantages of the device.

In emergency situations when a patient needs immediate medical care, it often happens so that it cannot be administered as there are no devices used to examine particular organs at hand. But from today, this issue has already been solved. The American corporation Verathon Medical presents a completely new device to the world – a portable video laryngoscope.

Digital video laryngoscope application

The GlideScope Go digital video laryngoscope is a very simple and compact device which can always be carried along to sports competitions, trips to emergency areas, accident sites or just in hospitals as a handy tool to carry out the respiratory tract examination and intubation.

The novelty product can be utilized for all patients including children and newborns. Its main objective is to ensure the upper airway patency. The system is very easy to use and significantly simplifies the airway examination process both in the hospital and beyond. The pocket video laryngoscope is convenient because it can always be carried along to administer first aid in any situation before an ambulance arrives.

The main features of the device

The Verathon Company creates the first compact video laryngoscope and equips it, providing a number of the following parameters:

• 3.5” color display with a glare filter allowing doctors to work in all conditions, even if it gets in direct sunlight;
• powerful battery with an up to 100-minute resource capacity of fully-featured use;
• 2-hour battery full recharge.

It is possible to wash the device. Even when it is fully immersed in water, the device performs the same well and that is another advantage of using the equipment. Thanks to this feature, the cleaning routine is no different from the procedures used for most endoscopes.

The device is supplied with a cable connectable to the mains to conduct charging the battery. The package also includes a mini-disc for video examination recording and disposable tips for patients of different ages. Due to modern technology utilization, the device is capable to control illumination which results in high-resolution images.

In addition, the GlideScope Go operation review confirmed that the video laryngoscope guarantees crisp images of the respiratory tract. Moreover, due to disposable blades, the device is always clean, thus preventing infection spread.