Patent ID: 8715172

Claim:
An improved double-bladed laryngoscope for recording and locally displaying an area of interest of a patient via a readily interchangeable and sterilizable visual image recorder and being of the type having a stationary handle, a stationary blade affixed to the stationary handle, a movable tip pivotally attached to a stationary blade, a movable tip arm pivotally attached to the movable tip and movable handle, when the movable handle is moved towards the stationary handle will bend the movable tip lifting the epiglottis, to uncover laryngeal opening (glottis), simultaneously a movable blade pivotally attached to stationary blade and affixed to movable handle by movable blade arm so as to allow movable blade to pivot away from stationary blade spreading posterior pharyngeal tissues and allowing space for intubating tube, a lock locks the movable blade in a desired positioned by locking the movable handle affixed thereto, and a camera arrangement for recording and locally displaying the area of interest of the patient, wherein said improvement comprises: a) the camera arrangement running readily replaceably and interchangeably through the movable blade so as to be readily removable therefrom for sterilization without compromising the structural integrity of the movable blade; b) the camera arrangement comprising: I) a camera; ii) a display; and iii) a conduit; c) the movable blade having a proximal end and a free distal end; and d) the movable blade being divided along its length, from the proximal end of the movable blade to the free distal end of the movable blade, into two separate and distinct parts.