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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
May. 13, 2005
Vihar C. Surti, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Eric Young, East Meadow, NY (US);
Kenneth C. Kennedy, Ii, Clemmons, NC (US);
Frederick B. Haller, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Matthew P. Carter, Dobson, NC (US);
Antoine Clark, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Stephen E. Deal, Charlotte, NC (US);
Vihar C. Surti, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Eric Young, East Meadow, NY (US);
Kenneth C. Kennedy, II, Clemmons, NC (US);
Frederick B. Haller, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Matthew P. Carter, Dobson, NC (US);
Antoine Clark, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Stephen E. Deal, Charlotte, NC (US);
Wilson-Cook Medical Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A medical device for allowing a physician to unhand a scope or other instruments while maintaining control of the scope or other instruments during a medical procedure. The medical device includes at least one docks and a harness for attaching the dock to the physician's body. The harness can be adjustable, or sized to fit a specific physician. During a procedure, a physician outfitted with the medical device can place a scope and/or other instrument in the dock(s). Once the scope and/or other instrument is placed in the dock(s), the physicians hands are free to perform other procedures, while the physician continually controls the relative position of the scope with respect to the physician or the patient.