Holding device for medical instruments

US8753031B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Jochen Stefan · Tuttlingen, DE
• Uwe Bacher · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 17, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 22, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T403/32983
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A holding device for medical instruments with a bracket on which at least one medical instrument can be affixed and with at least one joint to position the bracket and/or the medical instrument, so that the at least one joint is configured as a ball and socket joint that is equipped with at least one bearing shell and one pivot ball and whose pivot angle around the longitudinal axis of the joint is restricted by a pivot guard. The pivot guard is positioned inside the pivot ball to provide a holding device for medical instruments whose pivot guard allows for a compact structure of the ball and socket joint.