Patent ID: 7736304

Claim:
A metal laryngoscope blade for removable double snap engagement into an operative intubation position on a laryngoscope handle, the laryngoscope handle including an upright U-shaped handle hook-on fitting including a pair of spaced apart substantially parallel upright supports with interior surfaces having a pair of substantially opposite recesses, and a pivot rod extending thereacross, the metal laryngoscope blade having a leading tip and comprising (a) a resiliently elastically deformable metal blade hook-on fitting including a thin walled U-shaped retaining member which includes a pair of spaced apart substantially parallel side wall members providing a gap therebetween and a front crosspiece that extends across the gap and faces toward the metal laryngoscope blades leading tip, and a resiliently elastically deformable bridge extending widthwise across the gap between their leading lowermost regions for defining a cutout for snap receiving the pivot rod therein on positive snap manipulation of said blade hook-on fitting thereon, said side wall members having trailing regions with respect to said bridge having exterior surfaces at least one thereof being provided with a non-frangible metal protrusion integrally formed therewith for snap insertion into a handle hook-on fitting's recess on positive snap manipulation of the blade hook-on fitting fully into the handle hook-on fitting whereupon the laryngoscope blade assumes its operative intubation position, and (b) a metal spatula attached to said blade hook-on fitting for transversely extending from the laryngoscope handle in the laryngoscope blade's operative intubation position for insertion into a subjects mouth.