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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Victor Agbodoe, Raynham, MA (US);
Olaf Storz, Emmingen, DE;
Inventors:
Victor Agbodoe, Raynham, MA (US);
Olaf Storz, Emmingen, DE;
Assignee:
Specialty Surgical Instrumentation Inc., Antioch, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04G 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/26 (2013.01); F16M 11/40 (2013.01); A61B 2019/266 (2013.01); A61B 2019/268 (2013.01);
Abstract
A universal arm has a proximal end, a distal end and a middle portion therebetween. The middle portion has a plurality of interconnected ball and socket pieces. A plurality of clamps are selectively fixedly connected to the distal end of the universal arm by a connection that permits the selective rotation of each one of the plurality of clamps by 360° with respect to the distal end of the universal arm.