Mounting systems

A mounting component for connecting a surgical procedural element to another element, the mounting component comprising:

• a. a mount body provided at an end of the another element or at the end of the surgical procedural element;
• wherein:
• i. the mount body has a first end and a second end, the mount body has a longitudinal axis, the first end being spaced from the second end along the longitudinal axis,
• ii. the mount body has a first surface profile section, the first surface profile section including a first radial profile considered perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
• iii. the mount body has a second surface profile section, the second surface profile section being closer to the second end of the mount body than the first surface profile section, the second surface profile section including a second radial profile considered perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and parallel to the first radial profile;
• iv. wherein the second surface profile section is at least partially defined by one or more alignment elements and the second radial profile has a different radial profile to the first radial profile surface due to the presence of the one or more alignment elements;
• v. wherein one or more or all, of the alignment elements have a non-constant cross-sectional profile considered along a first part of the longitudinal axis, the first part of the longitudinal axis with the non-constant cross-section being closer to the first surface profile section than a second part of the longitudinal axis where the cross-section is considered;
• vi. wherein the non-constant cross-section along a first part of the longitudinal axis defines an alignment element transition part of the second surface profile section and the second surface profile section defines an alignment element transition part;
• and
• vii. wherein a first alignment element transition part, such as a first abutment surface, is angled relative to a second alignment element transition part, such as a second abutment surface by an angle that is 150°+/−30°.