Surgical instrument holder
AssigneeTyco Healthcare Group LP
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.
Claims10
An apparatus for holding a surgical instrument relative to a base, which comprises:
- a mounting portion having a first section and a second section, at least one of the sections being movable relative to the other of the sections to selectively engage portion of the 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;
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- an instrument position adjustment mechanism that facilitates rotational and pivotable movement of the jaw members about the mounting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.