Patent ID: 7771350

Claim:
Laryngoscope handle apparatus, comprising: an ergonomic handle for containing a DC energy source, wherein said ergonomic handle includes a hollow rigid inner cylinder and a generally cylindrical outer soft layer of material molded around said inner cylinder and having a durometer of about 55 on the Shore A scale, and wherein said layer of soft material includes a generally cylindrical central portion having uniform diametrical cross-section, a first outer portion varying in diametrical cross-section and tapering inwardly at a taper angle A 1 and an opposing second outer portion varying in diametrical cross-section and tapering inwardly at a taper angle A 2 smaller than said taper angle A 1 ; an LED light source; an LED drive circuit; a lens, wherein said lens is a total internal reflection collector; and means for connecting said DC energy source to said LED drive circuit to cause said LED drive circuit to produce and apply constant current to said LED light source which produces and transmits light to and through said lens.