Patent ID: 7214184

Claim:
A laryngoscope comprising a blade; a deployable mirror, the mirror being pivotable with respect to the blade; and an operating mechanism, the operating mechanism being operatively associated with the mirror for the deployment thereof, wherein the operating mechanism is spring biased to adopt a rest state in which the mirror adopts a non-deployed state, the association of the operating mechanism and the mirror being such that an initial operation of the operating mechanism from said rest state against said spring bias causes the mirror to be deployed, and further operation of the operating mechanism from said rest state against said spring bias causes the mirror to be pivoted with respect to the blade, wherein said operating mechanism is operable between said rest state, in which said mirror adopts a non-deployed state; a first operated state, in which said mirror adopts a deployed and non-pivoted state; and a second operated state, in which said mirror adopts a deployed and pivoted state, and wherein said spring bias is arranged to urge said operating mechanism from said second operated state to said rest state through said first operated state.