Visualization of the Intubation Pathway With the "IRRIS"-Device

NCT03234283 NA COMPLETED

A prospective, open label, non-randomized, single centre safety and feasibility study. Patients with no expected airway difficulties scheduled for elective surgery including tracheal intubation and general anesthesia procedures will be enrolled into the study. Following standard induction of anesthesia, the IRRIS will be attached to the patient's neck skin just beneath the laryngeal prominence (Adam's apple) and the intubation will be performed by using a video-laryngoscope in a standardized fashion. The IRRIS device emits a light that penetrates through the skin into the airway and that is visible on the video-laryngoscope display. This light highlights the right pathway for the tracheal tube and facilitates the visual recognition and identification of the laryngeal inlet. In case of problems identified during the induction period such as an unexpected difficult intubation situation and the IRRIS does not provide the expected facilitation of intubation, the local "unexpected difficult airway" protocol goes into effect.

Details

Lead sponsor	University of Zurich
Phase	NA
Status	COMPLETED
Enrolment	40
Start date	Sat Jul 01 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Completion	Tue Nov 14 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Conditions

• Difficult Intubation

Interventions

• IRRIS InfraRed - Red Intubation System

Countries

Switzerland