Patent ID: 7232105

Claim:
An apparatus for hanging a medical device, said apparatus comprising: a shaft; a mounting portion coupled to an end portion of said shaft and configured for mounting said apparatus for movement with respect to the medical device between a retracted position and a deployed position, wherein said mounting portion extends along a longitudinal axis and said longitudinal axis of said mounting portion is oriented perpendicular to an axis of said shaft, and wherein said mounting portion defines at least one circumferential recess positioned on an exterior cylindrical surface of said mounting portion to facilitate the movement of said apparatus with respect to the medical device; and a hook portion positioned at an opposite end portion of said shaft and configured for hanging said apparatus from a support when said apparatus is in said deployed position, wherein said hook portion is positionable in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of said mounting portion; wherein said shaft is configured to permit rotation of said hook portion with respect to said mounting portion, thereby facilitating orientation of said hook portion with respect to the support.