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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2015
Applicant:

Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Inventors:

Gianni Ronald Boccoleri, Lantana, TX (US);

Wojciech K. Timoszyk, Flower Mound, TX (US);

David P. Chase, Southlake, TX (US);

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/50 (2016.02); G02B 6/3604 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01); F16M 13/027 (2013.01); F16M 2200/044 (2013.01); F16M 2200/063 (2013.01); F16M 2200/065 (2013.01); G02B 6/4461 (2013.01);
Abstract

A medical suspension arm assembly including a plurality of suspension arms, with each adjacent pair of the suspension arms being connected to each other by a joint and with at least one of the joints comprising an infinite rotation joint. The infinite rotation joint allows the suspension arms at the infinite rotation joint to have unlimited rotation relative to one another. Cabling including at least one fiber optic cable extends through each of the suspension arms and each joint. A wired medical unit is connected to an end of the plurality of suspension arms. High definition video, data and power can be transferred along each one of the suspension arms through the cabling and across each joint.


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