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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Christopher Charles Kaiser, Holliston, MA (US);
Hologic, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A slidable locking device for fixing a position of a medical device, includes a housing having a passageway therethrough and an actuator coupled to the housing movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The actuator includes at least two arms extending therefrom that are operatively coupled with at least two engaging members disposed within the housing, each engaging member having a slot configured to receive a respective arm of the actuator, the engaging members being biased towards the housing passageway, wherein the engaging members are disposed toward the housing passageway when the actuator is in the locked position, and the engaging members are disposed away from the housing passageway when the actuator is in the unlocked position.