Patent ID: 7731141
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: A61B,A61G,F16B,F16M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamp for attaching a post equipped surgical appliance to a rail attached to a surgical operating table, said rail having a front face and a back face and a top longitudinal edge and a bottom longitudinal edge, comprising in combination: A. a clamp body for engaging said rail, said body having a passageway transverse said body for receiving said rail, one side of said passageway having a lip of a width substantially equal to the width of said rail and the opposite side of said passageway having a width sufficiently greater than said rail to allow said clamp body to be placed over and against said rail from either longitudinal edge of said rail; B. retractable spring biasing means disposed within said clamp body positioned on said opposite side of said passageway across from said lip, said spring biasing means arranged to engage said rail face nearest said clamp body opposite said lip to bias said clamp body away from said rail and said lip when said clamp body is placed over said rail whereby said clamp body and said rail are firmly engaged prior to clamping; and C. a post clamp assembly attached to said clamp body and arranged, upon activation, to bind said clamp body and said post to said rail at a selected location on said table wherein said clamp body further has: