US 12,133,774 B2
Support arm articulation apparatus and support system for a medical device
Georg Muratidi, Oberaula (DE)
Assigned to ONDAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS GMBH, Hünfeld (DE)
Appl. No. 17/760,130
Filed by ONDAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS GMBH, Hünfeld (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/052846
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/156463, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20155980 (EP), filed on Feb. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067339 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 90/50 (2016.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/50 (2016.02) [F16M 13/022 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/508 (2016.02); F16M 2200/047 (2013.01); F16M 2200/068 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support arm articulation device (50) for a support system for movably holding at least one medical device, comprising
a first and a second fastening element (52, 54), which are connected to each other by means of a spring arm (56) in a pivotable way relative to each other, and
wherein the spring arm (56) comprises a supporting arm (58) and a lever arm (60), which are mounted in a pivotable way on the first fastening element (52) with an associated supporting arm pivot axis (64) and lever arm pivot axis (66),
wherein the two pivot axes (64, 66) are spaced apart from each other,
wherein the supporting arm (58) is mounted on the second fastening element (54) in a pivotable way, and the lever arm (60) is mounted on the supporting arm (58) by means of a spring device (78) such that a weight force of the held medical device is supported in different pivot positions,
wherein the spring device (78) comprises an adjustment device by means of which a position of the mounting (68, 70) of the lever arm (60) on the supporting arm (58) is adjustable along a longitudinal extension of the supporting arm (58) and wherein the adjustment device comprises an adjusting element (82) configured to precisely adjust the held medical device in a vertical plane,
wherein the supporting arm (58) includes a tube (72) and the adjusting element (82) is a rotary knob.