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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2021
American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US);
Lance Bellows, Painesville, OH (US);
Michael Hollopeter, Kirtland, OH (US);
Martin Kraig, Mentor, OH (US);
Brad Lachmeier, Chesterland, OH (US);
Jerime Pichler, Painesville, OH (US);
Nicholas Puterbaugh, Mentor, OH (US);
David Westenfelder, Mantua, OH (US);
Robert Chavez, Montgomery, AL (US);
American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US);
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.