Laparoscopic-rack instruments holder
AssigneeFlexbar Machine Corp.
InventorDavid G. Draughn
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Abstract
An instrument holder which provides rapid and secure positioning of any diameters of laparoscopic instruments through the use of a specially designed grid in a cantilevered-style rack by employing, in a preferred embodiment, a pair of double swivel-ball locking positioners with an adjustable clamp for securement to an operating room table rail, with the grid having front and rear sides having upwardly and downwardly extending holding bars, respectively, of spaced notch segments between which the cannulas of the instruments extend, in adjusting the angle and attitude of the grid and instruments, and the height of the instruments about and above the surgical field.
Claims16
Laparoscopic instrument holding apparatus for supporting laparoscopic instruments having a cannula about a surgical field, comprising:
- first and second posts, each having opposing ends;
- first means for securing one end of said first post to an operating room table rail;
- a double swivel-ball positioner having a first right-angle notch for receiving the other end of said first post, and a second right-angle notch for receiving one end of said second post;
- a frame grid having front and rear sides;
- first and second holding bars respectively extending upwardly and downwardly from said front and rear sides of said frame grid;
- a plurality of spaced notch segments in said first and second holding bars substantially opposite one another for receiving the cannulas of laparoscopic instruments extended therebetween to hold said instruments in place by cantilever action between said first and second holding bars of said frame grid;
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- second means securing the other end of said second post to said frame grid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.