Patent ID: 9603721
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,B25B

Claim:
1. A contact surface adapter for a clamp, comprising: a bushing having a body portion, a neck portion and a head portion, wherein the body portion, neck portion and head portion each have an interior surface forming an opening extending along an internal axis of the bushing, wherein the body portion has an axially outer surface and a radially outer surface, the neck portion has a radially outer surface, and the head portion has an axially outer surface and a radially outer surface; wherein the radially outer surface of the head portion has a radial distance from the internal axis, the radially outer surface of the neck portion has a radial distance from the internal axis, and the radially outer surface of the body portion has a radial distance from the internal axis, and further wherein the radial distance of the body portion radially outer surface is greater than the radial distance of the head portion radially outer surface, wherein the radial distance of the head portion radially outer surface is greater than the radial distance of the neck portion radially outer surface, and wherein the head portion radially outer surface has an axially outer end, an axially inner end and an axial midsection, and wherein the radial distance of the head portion radially outer surface is greater at the axial midsection than at the axially outer and inner ends.