Surgical instrument holder
AssigneeUnited States Surgical Corporation
InventorWayne C. Person
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Abstract
An apparatus for holding a surgical instrument relative to a base is provided having a mounting portion configured and dimensioned to engage a portion of a base, a jaw assembly including first and second jaw members which define a retaining area therebetween configured and dimensioned to retain the shaft of a surgical instrument therein and thereby fix the length of the instrument shaft relative to the base and an operative site, and an instrument position adjustment mechanism which includes an adjustment member rotatably disposed in relative to the mounting portion to facilitate selective position adjustment of the jaw assembly with respect to the mounting portion.
Claims12
An apparatus for holding a surgical instrument relative to a base, which comprises:
- a mounting portion having first and second sections which cooperate to engage a portion of a base;
- a jaw assembly having first and second jaw members which define a retaining area therebetween which is configured and dimensioned to receive a shaft of the surgical instrument, the jaw assembly movably disposed relative to the mounting portion to facilitate selective positioning of the surgical instrument within a surgical site and
- a spring-type retaining member for locking the mounting portion to the base.
A method of mounting an instrument holder to a base, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing an apparatus for holding a surgical instrument which includes a mounting portion having first and second sections which cooperate to engage a portion of a base, a jaw assembly having first and second jaw members which define a retaining area therebetween which is configured and dimensioned to receive a shaft of the surgical instrument, the jaw assembly movably disposed relative to the mounting portion to facilitate selective positioning of the surgical instrument within a surgical site and a spring-type retaining member for locking the mounting portion to the base;
- b) moving one of the sections relative to the other of the sections to selectively engage the portion of the base;
- c) moving the surgical instrument to a desired position between the jaw members;
- d) selectively locking the jaw members about the shaft of the surgical instrument;
- e) moving the jaw assembly relative to the mounting portion;
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- f) selectively locking the jaw assembly relative to the mounting portion to position the surgical instrument at a desired location within an operative site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.