Stand for a surgical microscope, surgical microscopy system, and method for optimizing an assembly space of a surgical microscopy system

US11324565B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

• Axel Lorenz · Meißen, DE
• Patrick Berghoff · Aalen, DE
• Michael Mühlbeyer · Aalen, DE
• Jürgen Groß · Aalen, DE
• Christian Wolf · Arlington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2019
• Grant date: May 10, 2022
• Expiry date: May 28, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B21/24
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A stand for a surgical microscope and a method for optimizing an assembly space of a surgical microscopy system are provided. The stand includes a base part, a stand part forming a c-shape structure, having a first end and a second end, and being mounted on the base part at the first end. The stand part has a hollow structure with reinforcements arranged within the hollow structure and the reinforcements extend vertically through the entire hollow structure. The stand part may include a first stand part element and a second stand part element, and the first and second stand part elements are arranged at a horizontal distance relative to one another and form together the c-shape structure. The method includes relocating electronic components from the arms to an area of the stand part thereby shifting a center of gravity of the stand.