Overview

• A peer-reviewed study in Science Translational Medicine describes a non-electronic soft robotic intubation system that everts a soft tube to self-guide into the trachea while reducing tissue contact.
• In preclinical testing, expert operators achieved a 100% success rate using mannequins and cadavers.
• Emergency responders with five minutes of training recorded an 87% first-pass success rate and 96% overall success.
• Non-expert users placed the tube in about 21 seconds compared with roughly 44 seconds using state-of-the-art video laryngoscopy.
• The team is preparing clinical trials and FDA submissions, citing potential benefits for EMS, military medicine, and low-resource settings, with partial support from the National Science Foundation.