US 12,232,911 B2
Instrument holder
Gary Kappel, Acton, MA (US); Barry Weitzner, Acton, MA (US); Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US); and Erin Daly, Nashua, NH (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/447,163.
Application 17/447,163 is a continuation of application No. 16/139,644, filed on Sep. 24, 2018, granted, now 11,141,236.
Application 16/139,644 is a continuation of application No. 14/615,568, filed on Feb. 6, 2015, granted, now 10,080,612, issued on Sep. 25, 2018.
Application 14/615,568 is a continuation of application No. 13/326,585, filed on Dec. 15, 2011, granted, now 8,979,826, issued on Mar. 17, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/427,946, filed on Dec. 29, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054220 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 50/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/11 (2016.02) [A61B 1/00149 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 50/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 1/0014 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support mechanism, comprising:
an adjustable support including first and second elongate members rotatably coupled to each other;
an arm coupled to the support;
a bracket coupled to the arm, the bracket for receiving a first medical device, the first medical device having a longitudinal axis; and
a holder coupled to the arm, the holder for receiving a second medical device, the second medical device having a central axis,
wherein at least one of the bracket or the holder is adjustable with respect to the other of the bracket or the holder to adjust an angle between the longitudinal axis and the central axis, wherein the bracket and the holder are lockable to the first and second medical devices, respectively.
 
9. A medical device support system, comprising:
an adjustable support including first and second elongate members rotatably coupled to one another;
an arm coupled to the adjustable support;
a bracket coupled to the arm, the bracket for receiving a first medical device having a longitudinal axis; and
an instrument holder coupled to the arm, the instrument holder for receiving a second medical device having a central axis,
wherein at least one of the bracket or the instrument holder is adjustable to adjust an angle between the central axis and the longitudinal axis;
wherein the arm is configured to change a spacing between the bracket and the instrument holder; and
wherein the bracket and the holder are lockable to the first and second medical devices, respectively.