Macintosh Style Laryngoscope with Quick Screw Base
Dublin Core
Title
Macintosh Style Laryngoscope with Quick Screw Base
Subject
Intubation, Intratracheal – instrumentation
Laryngoscopes – curved blades
Airway Management Equipment
Description
The blade of this laryngoscope is detachable from the body by a quick screw fitting into a threaded recess in the body allowing fast blade size changes. This example includes a 150mm blade (large adult) and a 120mm blade (adult medium).
Date
circa 1950s
Date Created
Style introduced 1943; Base patented 1950
Is Part Of
Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine collection.
Files
Citation
“Macintosh Style Laryngoscope with Quick Screw Base,” OnView, accessed October 22, 2026, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/26638.