SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HOLDERS

摘要

An operating member (5) relative to a tube (3) and gripping jaws (1) and (2) pivot relative to a housing and are driven further into the housing thereby causing a very firm grip to be applied to the instrument in the jaws. A bolt (31) moves along a slot (4) to guide the movement of the operating member (5). With an instrument firmly clamped in the jaws (1) and (2), the instrument can be manoeuvred to the desired orientation by making loose the clamp that holds the tube (17) to the bar coming from the table clamp to achieve a coarse degree of adjustment either in an angular orientation of the holder or by longitudinal movement of the tube (17) or both. Movement of the holder about an axis coincident with the longitudinal axis of the tube (3) is achieved by causing relative rotation between a shaft (6) and a mounting (9) after releasing a hollow conical locking member (12).