SmartBlade

Cape Town, South Africa

SmartBlade offers a cost effective, novel and practical solution to the management of a difficult airway.SmartBlade has harnessed advanced smartphone application technology and cohesively linked it with video laryngoscopy in a sleek design, simplified by cutting edge biomedical engineering.The device allows single operators of varied skill levels to intubate difficult airways.The clinician can suction a soiled airway or perform apnoeic oxygenation, both without interrupting attempts to intubate.Video conferencing, image capture, recording and secure data storage are all features of the customized SmartBlade application.Video laryngoscopy is a vital area of technology that should be available to all clinicians, regardless of their economic setting or skill set.