Cape Town doctor wins international award for her ‘SmartBlade’
A Cape Town doctor has won a prestigious international award for developing a cost-effective device to manage patients’ airways. Dr Caroline Corbett developed the SmartBlade with her husband in a bid to enhance access to quality medical equipment. The video laryngoscope‚ which is used to intubate problem airways‚ has been hailed for its novel design and how it harnesses the power of smartphone technology. Intubation involves inserting a tube through a patient’s mouth and into their airway. The device can be connected to a smartphone‚ which shows a video feed of what is happening in the airway. The South African Society of Anaesthesiologists (Sasa) said Corbett had won the 2017 WFSA Fresenius Kabi Anaesthesia Innovation Award for developing the device. Corbett said: "[I was] very emotional‚ to be honest‚ as we had been so afraid the invention would never reach the people it needed to in order to make a difference. We are truly honoured to be the recipients of such a prestigious award...
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