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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2012
Walter Von Pechmann, Bethesda, MD (US);
Samuel C. Yoon, Clarksville, MD (US);
Ben Lane, Phoenix, MD (US);
Keith Lipford, Baltimore, MD (US);
Brian Lipford, Bel Air, MD (US);
Walter Von Pechmann, Bethesda, MD (US);
Samuel C. Yoon, Clarksville, MD (US);
Ben Lane, Phoenix, MD (US);
Keith Lipford, Baltimore, MD (US);
Brian Lipford, Bel Air, MD (US);
CooperSurgical, Inc., Trumbull, CT (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument stabilizer system that includes an articulating boom that is releasably connectable to a surgical table side rail. The articulating boom includes an actuator, a multi-directional flexible arm having a first end region attached to the actuator, and a cable extending through the flexible arm. The cable has one end region connected to the actuator and another end region connected to a preload tensioning mechanism. The actuator is operable to tighten and loosen the cable, and the preload tensioning mechanism maintains an amount of tension in the cable when the actuator loosens the cable. The system further includes a surgical instrument-supporting member that is attached to a second end region of the flexible arm and is configured to releasably retain a surgical instrument.