A self‐powered laryngoscope for remote communities
2008; Wiley; Volume: 63; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05553.x
ISSN1365-2044
Autores Tópico(s)ICT in Developing Communities
ResumoI congratulate authors Clifford and Berry on bringing to light their prototype laryngoscope, but I fear that they may be attempting to re-invent the wheel [1]. In the early 1990s, Trevor Baylis, invented an apparatus that allowed a radio to be charged with a winding mechanism [2]. Since it came to the market in 1996 the technology has been adapted for use in numerous devices, among them torches of various sizes. Bright white LEDs can be powered for up to 60 min on a 1-min wind [3]. I assume that there is a sound reason that this existing technology could not be employed to power a laryngoscope for remote communities especially given the experience there already is with this wind-up technology.
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