Patent ID: 8413941

Claim:
A stand for a surgical microscope, comprising: a vertical support; the vertical support further comprises at least one horizontal support having a first end facing toward the surgical microscope; a first vertical articulation unit that is connected to said first end; a second articulation unit determining an oblique pivot axis and being connected to the first vertical articulation unit; a displacement unit that is attached to the second articulation unit and has multiple degrees of freedom for displacement and balancing of an optics carrier carrying the surgical microscope; at least one pivot support encompassed by the displacement unit; and means for displacing the optics carrier in an X direction extending horizontally and transversely to the oblique pivot axis, said means for displacing being provided at the pivot support; wherein said pivot support comprises: a pivotable parallelogram support; and a holding arm that is attached to the pivotable parallelogram support and is configured such that it simultaneously serves as said means for displacing the optics carrier in the X direction; wherein the pivot support is provided with an additional displacement unit that determines the position of the parallelogram support with reference to the second articulation unit and the additional displacement unit contains a displacement screw that protrudes through the parallelogram support and is connected in an articulated fashion to a displacement element mounted to the parallelogram support.