Patent ID: 8425409

Claim:
A Laryngoscope comprising: a body member having a handle portion, a blade portion and an arcuate transitional portion, which said arcuate transitional portion lies between said handle portion and said blade portion; wherein said handle portion extends in a first direction substantially along a handle portion axis in a Laryngoscope reference plane, wherein said blade portion consists of a blade segment and a lobe extension, wherein said blade segment extends in a second direction substantially along a blade portion axis in said Laryngoscope reference plane; wherein said handle portion axis and said blade portion axis meet at an approximately 70 degree angle within said Laryngoscope reference plane; wherein said arcuate transitional portion is configured to extend along a curved path between a distal end of said handle portion and a proximal end of said blade portion; and wherein said arcuate transitional portion is designed to protect a patient's teeth when said Laryngoscope is pivoted in said laryngoscope reference plane; a tissue displacement lobe extending from a distal end of said lobe extension, said tissue displacement lobe being of a partial spherical or a substantially cylindrical shape, lying transverse in relation to said handle portion axis, said tissue displacement lobe designed to displace tissue during negotiation of anatomical structures, said negotiation encountered while pivoting said Laryngoscope in said Laryngoscope reference plane to optimize visualization of vocal cords and to avoid damage to said anatomical structures of an oropharyngx; and wherein said tissue displacement lobe is sized and shaped whereby a line, lying within said Laryngoscope reference plane and passing between a distal end of said tissue displacement lobe and substantially a center point of a light window defines an approximately 50 degree angular deviation from said blade portion axis within said Laryngoscope reference plane, with said line accordingly defining within said Laryngoscope reference plane, respectively, an approximately 20 degree angle relative to said handle portion axis.