Minimally invasive surgical instrument support stand
AssigneeMeacor, Inc.
InventorsToufic Azar, Omar Labban, Anthony Eid, Renzo Cecere
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Abstract
A support stand (10) for a minimally invasive surgical instrument (12), comprising first and second scissored arms (22 and 24) intersecting each other at an arm pivot (54); and an instrument holder (20) for holding the minimally invasive surgical instrument (12), the instrument holder (20) being supported by the first and second arms (22 and 24); wherein the first and second arms (22 and 24) are selectively pivotable relative to each other about the arm pivot (54) and wherein the arm pivot (54) is selectively movable along the first and second arms (22 and 24).
Claims53
A support stand for a minimally invasive surgical instrument, the support stand comprising:
- first and second arms intersecting each other at an arm pivot;
- and
- an instrument holder for holding the minimally invasive surgical instrument, the instrument holder being supported by the first and second arms;
- wherein the first and second arms are selectively pivotable relative to each other about the arm pivot, and wherein the arm pivot is selectively movable along the first and second arms,
- wherein the arm pivot is configurable between a locked configuration, a rotatable configuration and a free moving configuration, wherein:
- in the locked configuration, the first and second arms are pivotally fixed relative to each other and the pivot is fixed along the first and second arms;
- in the rotatable configuration, the first and second arms are pivotable relative to each other and the pivot is fixed along the first and second arms;
- and
- in the free moving configuration, the first and second arms are pivotable relative to each other and the pivot is movable along the first and second arms.
A support stand for a minimally invasive surgical instrument, the support stand comprising:
- first and second arms intersecting each other at an arm pivot;
- and
- an instrument holder for holding the minimally invasive surgical instrument, the instrument holder being supported by the first and second arms;
- wherein the first and second arms are selectively pivotable relative to each other about the arm pivot, and wherein the arm pivot is selectively movable along the first and second arms,
- wherein the arm pivot is configurable between a locked configuration, a rotatable configuration and a free moving configuration, wherein:
- in the locked configuration, the first and second arms are pivotally fixed relative to each other and the pivot is fixed along the first and second arms;
- in the rotatable configuration, the first and second arms are pivotable relative to each other and the pivot is fixed along one of the first and second arms;
- and
- in the free moving configuration, the first and second arms are pivotable relative to each other and the pivot is movable along the first and second arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.