Mechanical testing of the deflection and ultimate strength of metal and plastic disposable laryngoscope blades

Can J Anaesth. 2022 Mar;69(3):393-395. doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02156-2. Epub 2021 Dec 15.

Authors

Ravi P Pullela¹, Paul A Brousseau¹, Esther M Valliant², Andrew D Milne^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
² School of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. admilne@dal.ca.
⁴ School of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. admilne@dal.ca.

PMID: 34910288
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-021-02156-2

No abstract available

Keywords: disposable equipment standards; equipment failure; laryngoscope standards.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Equipment Reuse
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal
Laryngoscopes*
Mechanical Tests
Plastics

Substances

Plastics