Patent ID: 8162826

Claim:
A laryngoscope handle for use with a laryngoscope blade having a tip, the handle having a leading end and a trailing end correspondingly adjacent and remote from a laryngoscope blade, the handle comprising a handle shell including i) a pair of opposite elongate semi-cylindrical handgrip support members, each member having two elongate edges that are permanently joined to the corresponding elongate edges of the other support member resulting in a tubular handgrip support having an internal bore; ii) a non-metal sleeve-like handgrip encircling said handgrip support; and iii) a rechargeable illumination unit including: a rechargeable battery; an illumination light source disposed toward the handle's leading end for selective illumination to provide illumination light at the laryngoscope blade's tip for illumination purposes; at least one user indication light source disposed toward the handle's trailing end for selective illumination to provide at least one visual user indication regarding the operability of said illumination unit during charging of same; and a light transmissive end cap at the handle's trailing end comprised of a light transmissive leading cylindrical portion that mounts into the trailing end of the handle, and a light transmissive trailing base portion that includes a light transmissive end section and a light transmissive axially extending wall section, wherein said light transmissive end cap glowing diffusely on interior illumination by said at least one user indication light source thereby facilitating user appraisal of the operability of said illumination unit.