Surgical table top and accessory clamp used thereon
AssigneeSTERIS Inc.
InventorBarry A. Easterling
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Abstract
A medical accessory clamping system includes a table and an accessory clamp. The table has an upper surface and a lower surface, a first ridge positioned on the upper surface and a second ridge positioned on the lower surface of the table. The accessory clamp has a first clamping member and a second clamping member coupled to but separate from the first clamping member wherein the clamping members define a cavity for receiving a portion of the table. The first and second clamping members have recesses for receiving said first and second ridges of the table, respectively. A uniquely styled clamp and a table are also disclosed.
Claims54
A medical accessory system comprising:
- a table top having an upper surface, a lower surface, a side edge, a first ridge positioned on said upper surface and spaced inwardly from said side edge, and a second ridge positioned on said lower surface of the table top and spaced inwardly from said side edge;
- and
- an accessory clamp having a first clamping member and a second clamping member coupled to but separate from the first clamping member, at least the first and second clamping members defining a cavity for receiving a portion of the table top, said first clamping member having a first recess for receiving said first ridge and said second clamping member having a second recess for receiving said second ridge of said table top.
A medical accessory system comprising:
- a table top having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first ridge positioned on the upper surface and spaced from a perimeter of slid upper surface, and a second ridge positioned on the lower surface and spaced from said perimeter;
- and,
- an accessory clamp having first and second clamping portions, the first clamping portion having a first recess for receiving said first ridge and the second clamping portion having a second recess for receiving said second ridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.