US 12,109,078 B2
Medical device support system including rotational control mechanism
Michael Joseph Heser, Willoughby, OH (US); and Jerime Josef Pichler, Painesville, OH (US)
Assigned to American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US)
Filed by American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/551,332.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/134,263, filed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/134,254, filed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/134,248, filed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211461 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/35 (2016.01); F21V 21/28 (2006.01); A61G 12/00 (2006.01); F16D 49/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/50 (2016.02) [A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61B 90/35 (2016.02); F21V 21/28 (2013.01); A61B 2090/035 (2016.02); A61B 2090/508 (2016.02); A61G 12/004 (2013.01); F16D 49/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device support system, comprising:
a shaft;
an extension arm having a support for a medical device and a hub at its proximal end mounted to the shaft for pivotable movement about a rotation axis of the shaft;
a free rotating ring that is rotatable about the rotation axis and is movable relative to the shaft and movable relative to the hub;
wherein the shaft includes at least one elongated peripheral cavity that defines first and second contact faces at opposite peripheral ends of the cavity;
wherein the hub is pivotably mounted for a range of at least 360° (360 degrees) rotation about the rotation axis, wherein the at least 360° (360 degrees) rotation range is based on a compound of a first rotation range and a second rotation range, wherein the first rotation range is defined by a fixed stop of the hub configured to move between first and second contact faces of a radially outward protruding member of the free rotating ring, wherein the second rotation range is defined by a radially inward protruding member of the free rotating ring configured to move between the first and second contact faces of the elongated peripheral cavity of the shaft.