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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2005
Roland Brenner, Wallhausen, DE;
Joachim Steffen, Westhausen, DE;
Ottmar Rothaupt, Aalen, DE;
Carlzeiss AG, , DE;
Abstract
A holding apparatus is provided for holding a device to be used under sterile conditions. The apparatus includes a holder unit () to which the device () is to be fixed. The holder unit () has a holder portion for fixing a drape () so that a held device () and the holder portion are substantially air-tightly enclosed. A cavity () in the holder unit () has a cavity portion () for communicating with an intermediate space between a fixed drape () and the device (). A pumping-out device () is in the cavity () for pumping air out of the cavity portion and the intermediate space. The cavity portion () is sealed in the pumping-out operation to prevent the make-up flow of air out of other regions than the intermediate space between a fixed drape () and the device () or the holder portion.