Parallelism adjustment mechanism for load balancing arm

US12121408B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• American Sterilizer Company · US

Inventors

• Lance Clark Bellows · Painesville, US
• Michael Hollopeter · Kirtland, US
• Martin Kraig · Mentor, US
• Brad Lachmeier · Chesterland, US
• Jerime Josef Pichler · Cleveland, US
• Nicholas Puterbaugh · Mentor-on-the-Lake, US
• David A. Westenfelder, II · Mantua, US
• Robert Chavez · Phoenix, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2021
• Grant date: Oct 22, 2024
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/506
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A load balancing arm for a medical device support system includes a proximal hub, a support arm, a link, and a distal end vertical block. The components together may form a four bar linkage. The proximal hub is configured for pivotable movement about an axis P-P. The distal hub is configured to support a medical device load for pivotable movement about an axis D-D. The distal hub is mounted to the distal end vertical block for pivotable movement between a first position in which the axis D-D is at a first angle relative to the axis P-P and a second position in which the axis D-D is at a second angle relative to the axis P-P, wherein the first angle is different than the second angle. A parallelism adjustment mechanism enables the axis D-D to be adjusted so as to be substantially parallel to the axis P-P.