Surgical table top and accessory clamp used thereon
AssigneeSTERIS Inc.
InventorBarry A. Easterling
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Abstract
A medical accessory clamping system includes a table and an accessory clamp. The table has an upper surface and a lower surface, a first ridge positioned on the upper surface and a second ridge positioned on the lower surface of the table. The accessory clamp has a first clamping member and a second clamping member coupled to but separate from the first clamping member wherein the clamping members define a cavity for receiving a portion of the table. The first and second clamping members have recesses for receiving said first and second ridges of the table, respectively. A uniquely styled clamp and a table are also disclosed.
Claims23
A medical accessory clamping system comprising:
- a table top having an upper surface and a lower surface, at least a first ridge positioned on said upper surface and at least a second ridge positioned on said lower surface of the table top;
- and
- an accessory clamp having a first clamping member and a second clamping member coupled to but separate from the first clamping member, at least the first and second clamping members defining a cavity for receiving a portion of the table top, said first clamping member having a first recess for receiving said first ridge and said second clamping member having a second recess for receiving said second ridge of said table top.
A clamp for receiving a geometrically shaped article, the clamp comprising:
- a first clamping member having a first recess;
- and
- a second clamping member having a second recess and being operatively coupled to but separate from said first clamping member,
- wherein said first and second clamping members and their respective recesses define a cavity for receiving the geometrically shaped article such that said recesses engage at least a portion of the geometrically shaped article.
A medical table top having a periphery comprising:
- an upper surface, a lower surface, at least a first ridge positioned on said upper surface near the periphery of the table top;
- and at least a second ridge positioned on said lower surface near the periphery of the table top.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.