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US 6,684,428 B2Granted
Head-clamping device for surgical purposes
AssigneesTheo J.J Zegers, Kurt Dieter Von Zeppelin
InventorsJ. André Grotenhuis, Theo J. J. Zegers, Kurt Dieter Von Zeppelin
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a head-clamping device for surgical purposes, specifically for intra-operatively fixing the patient's head in any anatomically possible position, the center of rotation of the head clamp being in the cervical vertebral region of the patient.
Claims31
A head-clamping device for surgical purposes comprising
- a frame (10) attachable to an external carrier which can be pivoted around an axis (x), the frame comprising legs facing each other;
- a profile (7) which is arranged between the legs and is supported pivotably on an axis (y), the profile (7) being uniformly curved at least in sections and comprising a rail (11) in the curved section;
- a mating profile (1) which is supported in the rail (11) of the profile (7), the mating profile (1) being pivotable around an axis (z) when it is moved;
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- at least two head clamps (5, 6, 14) attachable to the mating profile (1) which comprise clamping arbors (14) between which the head is clamped and fixed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.