Patent ID: 6290645
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for photographing medical procedures comprising:a high resolution endoscopic video camera;a surgical lamp having a handle including a resilient sleeve and being positioned in spaced relation to an active medical procedure site; anda clamp for securing said video camera to said handle, said clamp comprising a camera receptacle having a shape that corresponds to the peripheral shape of said video camera, including a semiannular ring comprising a pair of confronting legs and a base portion extending between said pair of legs and a pair of compression feet projecting inwardly from an end portion of each of said legs in coplanar relation to said legs and said base portion and a handle receptacle including a pair of opposed, inwardly curved cantilevered beams that project outwardly from an upper portion of said compression feet in coplanar relation to said semiannular ring of said camera receptacle.