Improvements in and relating to mounting systems

A surgical kit, the surgical kit comprising:

• a) one or more surgical procedural elements;
• and
• b) a mounting system for connection to one of the surgical procedural elements, the mounting system comprising;
• i) an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end;
• ii) an outer sleeve being provided towards the distal end of the elongate body, the outer sleeve defining an internal bore;
• iii) an inner element with a distal end facing the internal bore, the inner element providing one or more arms that extend from the distal end of the inner element into the bore, the one or more arms being spaced from the outer sleeve to define a gap between a side of one or more of the arms and the outer sleeve, the inner element at least partially defining a second bore;
• iv) a locking element slidably provided in the second bore, the locking element having a first state where the locking element is provided in a first medial position adjacent to a distal portion of one or more of the arms and a second state where the locking element is retracted from the first position adjacent relative to the distal portion of one or more of the arms.

A method of attaching a surgical procedural element to a mounting system:

• wherein the mounting system comprises:
• a elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end;
• an outer sleeve being provided towards the distal end of the elongate body, the outer sleeve defining an internal bore;
• an inner element with a distal end facing the internal bore, the inner element providing one or more arms that extend from the distal end of the inner element into the bore, the one or more arms being spaced from the outer sleeve to define a gap between a side of one or more of the arm and the outer sleeve, the inner element at least partially defining a second bore;
• a locking element slidably provided in the second bore;
• the method comprising the steps of:
• inserting the proximal end of the surgical procedural element into the distal end of the mounting system;
• moving the locking element from a second state where the locking element is retracted from a first medial position adjacent to a distal portion of one of more of the arms to a first state where the locking element is provided in the first position adjacent to distal portion of one or more of the arm.

A method of detaching a surgical procedural element to a mounting system:

• wherein the mounting system comprises:
• a elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end;
• an outer sleeve being provided towards the distal end of the elongate body, the outer sleeve defining an internal bore;
• an inner element with a distal end facing the internal bore, the inner element providing one or more arms that extend from the distal end of the inner element into the bore, the one or more arms being spaced from the outer sleeve to define a gap between a side of the one or more arms and the outer sleeve, the inner element at least partially defining a second bore;
• a locking element slidably provided in the second bore;
• the method comprising the steps of:
• moving the locking element from a first state where the locking element is provided in a first position adjacent to a distal portion of one or more of the arms to a second state where the locking element is retracted from the first position adjacent to the distal portion of the one or more of the arm;
• removing the proximal end of the surgical procedural element from the distal end of the mounting system.