Ceiling mount
AssigneeLeica Microsystems Inc.
InventorAndreas Metelski
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Abstract
The invention refers to a novel ceiling mount having two vertical supports which effect decoupling of the vibration behavior of a microscope mount and an auxiliary mount, the auxiliary mount receiving an equipment box which contains a computer, a control system, and/or an energy source. The invention further concerns a novel interface for mounts having a damping element, and an adjusting apparatus for correcting the position of an action circle plane of a microscope.
Claims37
A ceiling mount for a microscope comprising a ceiling console, a first vertical support mount to said ceiling console, a microscope mount connected to said first vertical support and having at least one horizontal support arm which carries the microscope, a second vertical support attached and parallel to the first vertical support, an auxiliary mount carried by the second vertical support, and a counterweight attached to the auxiliary mount.
A ceiling mount for a microscope comprising two adjacent arm elements which are mounted pivotally about a vertical axis such that the microscope describes an action circle about the vertical axis, the action circle lying in an at least approximately horizontal plane, and means for adjusting the action circle tilt such that the potential energy of the load defined by the microscope is approximately identical in all angular positions as dictated by arm configuration and axis layout at least under an average load.
A surgical microscope with a ceiling mount comprising a ceiling console, a first vertical support mounted to said ceiling console, a microscope mount connected to said first vertical support and having at least one support arm for carrying the microscope, a second vertical support attached to the ceiling console and parallel to the first vertical support, an auxiliary mount carried by the second vertical support and having at least one compensating arm that is pivotable with respect to the second vertical support about its axis and in a vertical plane, and a counterweight attached to the auxiliary mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.