BS EN ISO 7376:2020+A1:2025

This document, which is device-specific, specifies requirements for laryngoscopes with non-flexible blades, with internal battery-operated power sources, used for illuminating the larynx during intubation. It also specifies critical dimensions for those handles and laryngoscope blades with interchangeable hook-on fittings.

It is not applicable to the following:

• flexible laryngoscopes;

• laryngoscopes designed for surgery;

• laryngoscopes powered from mains electricity supply;

• laryngoscopes connected by light-transmitting cables to external light sources;

• video laryngoscopes designed to work with an external, integral or attached video system.