Patent ID: 7467871
Filing Date: 2008-12-23
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An instrument stand for use with a medical instrument, the instrument stand comprising: a console housing having a support surface defining a horizontal plane and a side wall surrounding said support surface; an instrument pole projecting from said base; a support arm extending from said instrument pole, said support arm configured to support the medical instrument; and a shelf removably supported above said support surface, said shelf having first and second side edges and a front edge connecting said first and second side edges, said first and second side edges being shaped to match said side wall so that said shelf cannot be removed from said console housing by a force applied to said shelf in said horizontal plane, wherein said side wall has opposite first and second side wall portions each adjacent to a corresponding one of said first and second side edges of said shelf, said side wall portions being separated by a first separation distance defined in the horizontal plane at a location coinciding with said front edge of said shelf, and said first and second side edges of said shelf being separated by a second separation distance greater than said first separation distance adjacent to said front edge.