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Abstract

Apparatus and methods for placement of an endotracheal tube in an airway of a patient, where the apparatus includes a laryngoscope member with a camera and a suction aperture for clearing unwanted material from the camera, where the laryngoscope member includes a lumen for passage of a tracheoscope member that also has a camera and a suction aperture for clearing unwanted material from the camera, where an endotracheal tube can be advanced over the tracheoscope member and positioned as desired in the airway of the patient, where the cameras facilitate positioning of the laryngoscope member, tracheoscope member, and endotracheal tube, and the suction apertures facilitate clearing unwanted material that could otherwise obscure imaging by the cameras.

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