Patent ID: 8709017
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A mounting device for arranging a medical apparatus on a bone, comprising a fastening portion for fixing the mounting device to the bone, said fastening portion having a body and an inner skirt and an outer skirt depending from the body for interfacing with the bone and operative to fix the mounting device to the bone using a vacuum, the inner and outer skirts forming therebetween an annular vacuum space that when evacuated holds the fastening portion to the bone, a first valve operative to regulate a pressure in the annular vacuum space and a guiding portion for guiding the medical apparatus, said guiding portion arranged on the body for movement relative to the body to allow the medical apparatus to be angled relative to the bone, wherein the guiding portion is movable relative to the fastening portion between a plurality of positions and the guiding portion comprises a guiding vacuum space that fixes the guiding portion relative to the fastening portion at each of the plurality of positions when a vacuum is formed in the guiding vacuum space, and a second valve operative to regulate a pressure in the guiding vacuum space, the second valve enabling a vacuum to be drawn within the guiding vacuum space via the second valve.