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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bryan S. Bohanan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel N. Kelsch, Fairview Park, OH (US);
Alexander K. Smith, Newton Falls, OH (US);
Assignee:
Biomec Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 ; A61B 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 ; A61B 1/32 ;
Abstract
An articulated arm for holding surgical instruments, having elongated arm members; rotational joints connecting the arm members end to end, such that members are pivotable about the joints and at least one of the joints is selectively lockable by fluid pressure; and a plurality of tubes communicating fluid pressure between two adjacent joints. When two adjacent members are pivoted relative to one another, the tubes connecting a particular pair of joints remains substantially stationary with respect to the arm member connecting that pair of joints.