Adjustable holding apparatus for an endoscope
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsOmid Abri, Josef Reinauer
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Abstract
An adjustable holding apparatus for an endoscope or other medical device having a proximal end and a distal end, the adjustable holding apparatus having a device for holding an endoscope or other medical device that includes a number of arm segments between the proximal end and the distal end, a number of lockable joints that each connect two of the number of arm segments with one another in jointed fashion, and a compensation device for at least partial compensation of the weight impact of the holding apparatus in a pivoting or sliding of at least one arm segment in the vertical direction.
Claims12
An adjustable holding apparatus comprising:
- a proximal end;
- a distal end, the distal end having a device for holding an endoscope or a medical device;
- a number of arm segments between the proximal end and the distal end of the holding apparatus;
- a number of lockable joints that each connect two of the number of arm segments with one another in jointed fashion;
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- a compensation device for at least partial compensation of the weight impact of the holding apparatus in a manual pivoting or sliding motion of at least one arm segment in the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.