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Holding device, medical system and method for positioning a medical instrument

US11413113B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Florian Huber · Grassau, DE
Barbara Lettner · Tuttlingen, DE
Bernhard Glöggler · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 2021
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/508
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a holding device (12) for medical instruments (14) having a proximal base (20) for mounting on a frame (16), said base comprising a first joint (30), having a distal instrument holder (22) which comprises a second joint (32), having at least two sliding elements (52, 54, 58) between the base (20) and the instrument holder (22), and having at least two clamping elements (138, 140, 142, 144) which can be actuated by at least one transfer element (84, 86, 88), which can be operated jointly in a clamped stated and a released state, and which are designed to lock joints of the holding device (12) in the clamped state, wherein the at least two sliding elements (52, 54, 58) form a sliding joint (24) and can be displaced translationally relative to each other along a longitudinal axis (132), and wherein the at least two sliding elements (52, 54, 58) are telescopable relative to each other and coupled non-rotationally with each other. The disclosure also relates to a medical system, a use of a holding device, as well as a method for positioning a medical instrument.

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