eyepiece 72 to introduce light into the optical fiber 70 and illuminate the anatomical portions of the body near the distal end 14 of the device 10 fig7 and 8 show another embodiment of an intubation device 10 u2032 having an optical assembly 69 u2032 to allow a user e g physician to visually monitor the advancement of the distal end 14 u2032 of the device 10 u2032 into the trachea of the patient as shown the optical assembly 69 u2032 can include a flexible optical fiber 70 u2032 that is coiled within the lumens of the tubes 24 u2032 26 u2032 28 u2032 and can straighten when the tubes 26 u2032 28 u2032 are extended from the base tube 24 u2032 as shown the optical assembly also includes a distal lens 76 and a fiber optic view finder 78 at the proximal end also shown the distal end of the optical fiber 70 u2032 can be affixed to the distal end of the distal most extension tube i e tube 28 u2032 using a mounting bracket 80 fig8 also shows that the tubes 24 u2032 26 u2032 28 u2032 may be tapered with each tube 24 u2032 26 u2032 28 u2032 having a conical shape with a relatively smaller distal diameter and a relatively larger proximal diameter fig7 further shows that the proximal end of each control wire 50 u2032 can include an end cap ferrule 82 and can be placed inside a control unit 84 as shown typically the extension tubes 26 u2032 28 u2032 are straight when in a relaxed state.