Patent ID: 9610798
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A47F,B44C,F16M,G09B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A skull clamp, comprising: a first jaw including an elongate portion with an elongate portion end and including a socket portion end; and a second jaw secured to the first jaw, wherein the first jaw is longer than the second jaw and the socket portion end of the first jaw includes two beveled surfaces which taper along a length of the socket portion end of the first jaw forming a wedge disposed between the socket portion end of the first jaw and the elongate portion end of the first jaw; and wherein the first jaw and the second jaw include a void which is at least partially surrounded and defined by bearing surfaces on the socket portion ends of the first jaw and the second jaw defining a positioning device to facilitate rotation of the skull clamp in at least two rotational degrees of freedom.