Patent ID: 8512234

Claim:
A laryngoscope assembly with enhanced viewing capability comprising: a laryngoscope handle having a longitudinal axis and including a permanently mounted laryngoscope optical system having a view tube with a leading aperture lens for affording a field of view along a deflected line of sight viewing in an operative intubation position with said view tube transversely directed to said longitudinal axis, and a laryngoscope optical system securing arrangement for mechanically securing said laryngoscope optical system in said operative intubation position; an interchangeable laryngoscope blade including a trailing view tube sleeve for slidably mounting on said view tube and a leading spatula wherein said view tube sleeve has a leading transparent window for covering said aperture lens; and a blade securing arrangement for mechanically securing said laryngoscope blade on said laryngoscope handle in said operative intubation position wherein said laryngoscope optical system is pivotal between a blade mounting position in which said laryngoscope blade is slidingly mounted on said view tube and said operative intubation position in which said blade securing arrangement mechanically secures said laryngoscope blade on said laryngoscope handle.