Patent ID: 11877962
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A limb holder comprising:
a mounting bracket for attachment to a surgical table, the mounting bracket comprising a semi-ball, wherein the semi-ball comprises a neck, an upper limiting pin and a lower limiting pin;
a support rod for supporting a limb of a patient, the support rod comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end comprises a handle and the second end comprises a clamping assembly for providing a clamping engagement about the semi-ball of the mounting bracket, the clamping assembly comprising an upper jaw, a lower jaw and a spring element, wherein the upper jaw and the lower jaw are held in clamping engagement about the semi-ball by the spring element;
a release mechanism connected to the clamping assembly for selectively releasing the clamping engagement of the clamping assembly about the semi-ball, whereby to permit the support rod to be pivoted around the semi-ball along roll, pitch and yaw axes, wherein the neck, the upper limiting pin and the lower limiting pin of the semi-ball limit movement of the upper and lower jaws about the semi-ball; and
a locking gas cylinder having a first end and a second end, said second end being biased away from said first end, wherein said first end of said locking gas cylinder is mounted to said mounting bracket and said second end of said locking gas cylinder is mounted to said support rod, whereby to bias said support rod away from said mounting bracket, and further wherein said second end is selectively lockable relative to said first end.