Bedrail clamp
AssigneeCareFusion 2200, Inc.
InventorMark DOYLE
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Abstract
A quick lock and release clamp mountable onto the bedrail of an operating table, hospital bed, and the like. The clamp includes a body, a foot, and a mouth having at least three sides defined by the body and foot. A biasing member is coupled to at least one of the body and the foot, wherein an actuating member coupled to the biasing member is configured to transmit a force to the mouth via the biasing member. A protrusion extending from the body and towards the foot engages the bedrail, thereby fixing the clamp onto the bedrail, by moving the actuating member in a first direction.
Claims20
A clamping device that is mountable onto a bedrail, the clamping device comprising:
- a body;
- a foot;
- a mouth;
- a biasing member coupled to at least one of the body and the foot;
- an actuating member coupled to the biasing member configured to transmit input force to the mouth through the biasing member wherein the biasing member automatically adjusts a distance between said foot and said mouth to closely match dimensions of said bedrail,
- wherein a protrusion extends from the body and towards the foot, the protrusion defining an outer boundary of the mouth, and
- wherein the protrusion engages the bedrail and fixes the clamp onto the bedrail by securing the rail between the protrusion and the mouth.
A method of mounting a device to a bedrail including:
- placing a clamping mechanism such that a mouth portion of the clamping mechanism surrounds at least a portion of the bedrail and that the surrounded portion is between a foot of the clamping mechanism and a protrusion that extends from the body and towards the foot of the clamping mechanism;
- actuating remotely with a telemanipulation device an actuating member to engage the protrusion to the bedrail thereby fixing the clamping mechanism onto the bedrail by securing the bedrail between the protrusion and the mouth of the clamping mechanism;
- and
- fixing the device to the clamping mechanism;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.