Designation:F1195–99StandardSpecificationforRigidLaryngoscopesforTrachealIntubation—HookonFittingsforFiberilluminatedBladesandHandles1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1195;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONInclinicalanesthesiaandresuscitationavarietyoflaryngoscopesareused.Becausethereisaclinicalneedforavarietyofbladeforms,theyaremanufacturedasdetachablebladeandhandleunits.Intheinterestofpatientsafety,defineddimensionsandperformancestandardsarenecessary.Theaimofthisspecificationistoensurecompatibilityofrigid,folding,fiber-illuminatedbladesandhandleswithinagivensystemwithoutrestrictinginnovationordesign.1.Scope1.1Thepurposeofthisspecificationistoensurethatreusable,detachablefiber-illuminatedhook-onbladeandhandlecombinationsthatengageshalllockandilluminatewhenintheoperatingposition.1.2Dimensionsandtolerancesoffiber-illuminatedsystemsshallbeprovided.1.3Thisspecificationprovidesmethodsofidentifyingbycolorthevariousfiber-illuminatedsystemsandcompatiblebladesandhandleswithinthesystem.1.4Thisspecificationcoversreusablehandlesandblades.Itdoesnotcoverdisposablecomponentsorsystems.1.5Nonfiber-illuminatedbladesandhandleswiththelampinthebladeshallconformtoSpecificationF965.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:F965SpecificationforRigidLaryngoscopesforTrachealIntubation—Hook-OnFittingsforLaryngoscopeHandlesandBladeswithLamps22.2FederalStandard:FED-STD-595AColors33.Terminology3.1DescriptionsofTerms—InadditiontothetermsdefinedinSpecificationF965,thefollowingtermsaredefined:3.1.1fiber-illuminatedlaryngoscopeblade,n—abladewhichutilizesopticalfiberstotransmitlightfromasourceinthehandle.3.1.2fiber-illuminationhandle,n—ahand-heldrigiddevicewhichprovidesapowersourceforilluminationofafiber-illuminatedblade.Itshallincludethelightsource.3.1...
