Structure for supporting a medical device on a patient during surgical procedures
AssigneeVanderbilt University
InventorsRay Lathrop, Robert J. Webster, Hunter Gilbert, Raul Wirz Gonzalez
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Abstract
An apparatus for supporting a medical device on a patient includes a support structure adapted to be fitted to the patient's body. The medical device is connectable to the support structure. At least one mounting pad is connected to the support structure and is adapted to engage the patient's anatomy. The at least one mounting pad includes a frictional jamming structure configured so that, in a non-actuated condition of the mounting pad, the mounting pad conforms to the patient's anatomy and, in an actuated condition of the mounting pad, the mounting pad becomes rigid in its conformed shape.
Claims22
An apparatus for supporting a medical device on a patient, comprising:
- a support structure adapted to be fitted to the patient's body, the medical device being connectable to the support structure;
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- at least one mounting pad connected to the support structure and being adapted to engage the patient's anatomy, the at least one mounting pad comprising a frictional jamming structure configured so that, in a non-actuated condition of the mounting pad, the mounting pad conforms to the patient's anatomy and, in an actuated condition of the mounting pad, the mounting pad becomes rigid in its conformed shape.
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