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US 2002/0177857 A1Published application
Surgery equipment holding device
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorsSatoshi Otsuka, Toru Shinmura, Kenji Omachi
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Abstract
A surgery equipment holding device comprises a holder for holding surgical equipment, a bar connected to the holder, a brake which operatively engages the bar for stopping movement of the bar, and a pair of switches for switching being an active state and an inactive state of the brake. The surgery equipment holding device is characterized in the operation thereof at the time of disengaging the fixation state, and exhibits excellent operability.
Claims50
A surgery equipment holding device, comprising:
- a holder for holding surgery equipment;
- a bar connected to the holder;
- a brake for operatively engaging the bar to stop movement of the bar, an inactivation lead time for rendering the brake inactive being longer than an activation lead time for making the brake active;
- and
- a switch for switching the brake between an active state and an inactive state.
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A surgery equipment holding device, comprising:
- means for holding surgery equipment, capable of changing the direction of surgery equipment being held;
- means for maintaining the fixation force of the means for holding at a predetermined value;
- means for disengaging the fixation force of the means for maintaining;
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- means for changing the fixation force of the means for maintaining over time, based on instructions from the means for disengaging.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.