Sterile video microscope holder for operating room
CA 2073890 A1 · Owner: Adair, Edwin L. · Inventors: Adair, Edwin L.
Overview
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In accordance with this invention a sterilizable, video microscope holder for supporting and positioning a video microscope unit in an operating room is provided which has a sterilizable flexible tubular arm, a bundle of optical fibers running through the arm, a support attached to one end of the arm for supporting it in the operating room and a connector at the same end of the arm for holding an end of the fiber optic bundle in aligned positioned for connection to a light source. The arm includes an inner articulated member which is bendable in all directions and will remain in any position to which it is bent and an outer covering over the inner articulated member to protect it from …
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- Filed July 15, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 15, 2012.
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