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Deere & Company

Daniel M Johnson

Janine Reuter

Richard Treichel

Steven J Davis

Laparoscopic surgery tray

A surgical tray retains surgical instruments adjacent an operating area or surgical field. The surgical tray comprises a base portion, and outer wall, a compartment for retaining surgical instruments defined by the base portion and at least a portion of the outer wall, and a plurality of clips spaced apart along the outer surface of the outer wall for securing the surgical tray to a surgical drape adjacent the operating area. The compartment includes a plurality of dividing walls having grooves for separating and retaining surgical instruments to enable members of an operating team to quickly and easily grasp surgical instruments in the surgical tray.

Laparoscopic surgical tray with apertured clips

A control linkage is disclosed for a vehicle such that the vehicle's transmission can be connected to a shift lever located in an isolated cab structure. Movement of the shift lever will obtain corresponding shifting of gear ratios within the transmission. The control linkage permits such shifting while compensating for relative motion between the cab structure and the transmission. The control linkage includes a rotatable shaft which is secured between the cab structure and the transmission and which is also capable of angularly moving relative to both structures. A sleeve is positioned about the support shaft and is secured to it so that both can rotate simultaneously. Extending radially outward from the sleeve is a pair of arms, both of which contain a spherical attachment member positioned adjacent to their outer ends. Attached to these spherical connections are first and second rods which are aligned approximately perpendicular to the support shaft. The first rod connects the shift lever to one of the arms while the second rod connects the transmission to the other arm. As relative motion occurs, the support shaft will pivot about one of its ends such that the displacement of the second rod will be less than that needed to displace the gear shift mechanism an undesirable amount.

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Waterloo, IA, United States of America

Daniel M Johnson