LMA CTrach

gasman · December 09, 2004, 06:08:39 AM

I'm generally sceptical of gadgets that claim to make difficult intubations easy. Recently, however, we were given a demonstration of the LMA CTrach and it looks very impressive.

It is essentially a LMA-Fastrach with a fibreoptic attachment and a self-contained screen attached for visuallising the cords and making what used to be a blind intubation now a visually-guided one.

A couple of pics to illustrate:

Has anyone had the opportunity to use one "in anger" so to speak? And was it useful?

Cheers
Rob

Geoffrey Parkins · December 13, 2004, 01:27:27 AM

Does the screen separate from the LMA part or is it attached permanently? And if it separates, is it easy to attach? I'm thinking: Difficult airway, manage to get LMA in, squeak a bit of O2 in, patient borderline oxygenated, then have lots of trouble attaching the screen and alignining the connections properly to get a good view to intubate. May be mroe trouble than its worth.

gasman · December 13, 2004, 02:52:30 AM

The screen is separate. When you insert it, it is identical to a Fastrach LMA. You then attatch the screen which has a very nifty magnetic locater - it just locks on and the connection (and image) is ready in an instant.

Its very slick.

Emma Davey M.D. · December 13, 2004, 03:46:30 AM

Hey, this is going to put us out of business! Anyone will be able to intubate the difficult airway!

Ahmad Menari · December 24, 2004, 01:41:57 AM

There seems to be very little information about this anywhere. Even the LMA company website does not mention it. Is it just a prototype or is it in production?

Russell Coupland · January 12, 2005, 05:22:26 AM

Looks very impressive. Where can I get one?

Ulf · February 17, 2005, 03:40:04 PM

More information could be found at www.lmaco.com
Click on the eyes at the left on your screen. :)

Matthew Parsons · June 22, 2005, 12:16:55 AM

We had one to play with for week (on loan) and it is every bit as good as it looks. It is a very simple matter to assemble and requires very little change in LMA etchnique. The intubation is still a bit of a fiddle, but with practice, becomes easy.

YakimaDes · February 09, 2007, 04:09:54 PM

This is an excellent piece of equipment! I have utilized it on many occasions and find it user friendly, intuitive setup, and easy to troubleshoot. I wish it could take snapshots for me for better documentation. My suggestion for use: be very careful, methodical where you place the ETT connector when inserting the ETT via stabilization rod, its embarassing to misplace it.