ArticleJournal of clinical monitoring and computing2021
The case for a 3rd generation supraglottic airway device facilitating direct vision placement.
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Pilot Study Comparing Intubation Via Video Laryngeal Mask Airways (VLMAs) Versus Video Laryngoscopy: Efficacy and Patient Outcomes in General Anesthesia Procedures
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21 citing papers in PubMed.
- Comparison of oropharyngeal leak pressure between the SaCoVLM™ video laryngeal mask and LMA supreme in adult elective surgery patients: a prospective randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Trial
- Effect of the new video laryngeal mask airway SaCoVLM on airway management in lateral laparoscopic urological surgery: A single center randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- To compare the influence of blind insertion and up-down optimized glottic exposure manoeuvre on oropharyngeal leak pressure using SaCoVLM™ video laryngeal mask among patients undergoing general anesthesia.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2023Trial
- Preliminary evaluation of SaCoVLM video laryngeal mask-guided intubation in airway management for anesthetized children.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Trial
- Australian Anaesthetist Honoured to Lead theHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Predicting optimal supraglottic airway device placement: do placement and performance tests measure up?BMC anesthesiology · 2025Observational
- Comparison of patient outcomes between video and non-video laryngeal mask airway insertion performed by novices: a prospective randomized controlled study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Comparison of Laryngoscope-Guided Insertion and Standard Blind Insertion of the Laryngeal Mask Airway: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Anesthesiology research and practice · 2025Review
- How does head position affect laryngeal vision with a video laryngeal mask airway?Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- New Devices, Innovative Technologies, and Non-Standard Techniques for Airway Management: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Comparison of Clinical Performance of C-MAC Video Laryngoscope Guided vs Blind Placement of I-Gel® in Paediatric Patients: A Randomized Controlled Open-Label Trial.Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation · 2023Article
- Supraglottic Airway Devices with Vision Guided Systems: Third Generation of Supraglottic Airway Devices.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Videolaryngeal mask airway - a new monitor in airway management.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2023Article
- Supraglottic airway devices: Standard airway management tool, but still not without concerns.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2023Article
- Assessing a novel second generation laryngeal mask airway using the 'ADEPT' approach: results from the LMA® Protector™ observational study.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2023Observational
- New vision-incorporated third-generation video laryngeal mask airways for intubation of patients in prone position.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2023Article
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- Besdata Video Laryngeal Mask (BD-VLM)- a New Vision-Incorporated 3rd Generation Video Laryngeal Mask Airway : Dear editor.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2022Article
- Features of new vision-incorporated third-generation video laryngeal mask airways.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2022Article
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Abstract
Although 1st and 2nd generation supraglottic airway devices (SADs) have many desirable features, they are nevertheless inserted in a similar 'blind' way as their 1st generation predecessors. Clinicians mostly still rely entirely on subjective indirect assessments to estimate correct placement which supposedly ensures a tight seal. Malpositioning and potential airway compromise occurs in more than half of placements. Vision-guided insertion can improve placement. In this article we propose the development of a 3rd generation supraglottic airway device, equipped with cameras and fiberoptic illumination, to visualise insertion of the device, enable immediate manoeuvres to optimise SAD position, verify whether correct 1st and 2nd seals are achieved and check whether size selected is appropriate. We do not provide technical details of such a '3rd generation' device, but rather present a theoretical analysis of its desirable properties, which are essential to overcome the remaining limitations of current 1st and 2nd generation devices. We also recommend that this further milestone improvement, i.e. ability to place the SAD accurately under direct vision, be eligible for the moniker '3rd generation'. Blind insertion of SADs should become the exception and we anticipate, as in other domains such as central venous cannulation and nerve block insertions, vision-guided placement becoming the gold standard.
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