Stabilized table rail clamp
AssigneeMinnesota Scientific, Inc.
InventorWalter J. Dobrovolny
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Abstract
A clamping device which secures a retractor support apparatus to an operating table having a side rail. The clamping device has a first clamping member disposed between a side of the operating table and the side rail. The clamping device also includes a second clamping member disposed between the side rail and the first clamping member. A first securing mechanism operably connects the first and second clamping members such that a force provided by the first securing mechanism causes the first and second clamping members to move in opposing directions and frictionally engage the side of the operating table and the side rail.
Claims19
A device for clamping a retractor support apparatus to an operating table, the operating table having a side rail, the device comprising:
- a first clamping member disposed between a side of the operating table and the side rail;
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- a second clamping member disposed between the side of the operating table and the first clamping member;
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- a mechanism operably connected to the first clamping member and the second clamping member such that the first and second clamping members are movable in opposing directions thereby frictionally engaging the first clamping member with the side rail and the second clamping member with the side of the operating table.
A clamping device for retaining a retractor support apparatus over an operating table, the operating table having a side rail, the clamping device comprising:
- a U-shaped member having first and second legs, the legs being disposed on opposite sides of the side rail;
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- first and second rods threadably engaging the U-shaped member with the first threaded rod positioned above the side rail and the second threaded rod being positioned below the side rail, each of the rods having distal ends for acting against the operating table such that when the threaded rods are turned, the first and second legs are forced against the side rail, frictionally engaging the side rail and holding the U-shaped member in a clamped position against the side rail.
A clamping device for retaining a retractor support apparatus over an operating table, the operating table having a side rail, the clamping device comprising:
- a first clamp plate disposed between the side rail and a side of the operating table;
- a second clamp plate disposed between the first clamp plate and the operating table wherein the second clamp plate engages the side of the operating table;
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- a first force providing mechanism operably connected to the first clamp plate and the second clamp plate, the force providing mechanism providing a clamping force to the first clamp plate by interacting with the second clamp plate such that the first clamp plate is positioned in a first position wherein the first clamp plate frictionally engages the side rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.