Patent ID: 7815651
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A device for immobilizing a primary instrument, comprising: a base plate; a stabilizer plate configured to engage the instrument, the stabilizer plate being configured to rest on the base plate and including at least one variable opening surrounded by an integrally formed male protuberance, the male protuberance extending along an axis orthogonal to the stabilizer plate and the stabilizer plate extending transverse to the axis beyond the male protuberance, the male protuberance being sized and shaped to at least partially surround the instrument and allow passage of the instrument when normally relaxed and to immobilize the instrument when compressed inwardly toward the instrument; and an upper plate that is relatively more rigid than the stabilizer plate, the upper plate being configured to rest on the stabilizer plate and comprising a female receptacle formed therein complementary to the normally relaxed size and shape of each male protuberance of the stabilizer plate, yet shaped and sized to compress the at least one variable opening inwardly via the male protuberance upon compression of the upper plate and the stabilizer plate together.