Patent ID: 6966876

Claim:
A device for holding and positioning an endoscopic instrument introduced through a body surface of a patient, comprising: a holder for said instrument, said holder being designed in such a way that said instrument can be positioned relative to said body surface in different spatial tilt positions, said holder having a first bow-shaped element having two end portions arranged directed towards said body surface, and having a middle portion directed away from said body surface, said first bow-shaped element being pivotable about a first pivot axis extending through both end portions of said first bow-shaped element, said holder having a second bow-shaped element having end portions directed towards said body surface, but arranged offset by approximately 90° relative to said end portions of said first bow-shaped element, and having a middle portion directed away from said body surface by substantially the same distance as said first bow-shaped element, said second bow-shaped element being pivotable about a second pivot axis extending through both end portions of said second bow-shaped element, and said instrument being guided at an overlapping region of said first-bow-shaped element and said second bow-shaped element.