Patent ID: 7712713

Claim:
Fastening means for fastening a patient monitor to a supporting structure, the fastening means comprising: a clamp member to be fastened about a supporting structure, the supporting structure being situated between two legs of said clamp member; tightening means for fastening said clamp member against the supporting structure, said tightening means extending through only one of said legs to fasten the supporting structure against the other of said legs; said two legs facing each other to form a slot between said two legs, said slot being wider at a bottom end than at an area between said two legs; a base member for supporting the patient monitor; a turning element and a locking element for mounting said base member to said clamp member, wherein said base member can be turned or rotated around a vertical axle with respect to the clamp member, wherein the clamp member comprises a plurality of reinforcing pins that adjoin the legs at a joint that forms the slot between the lens that receives the support structure therein, wherein the turning element is secured at the joint between the lens so that the base member rotates about the vertical axis in a plane that is perpendicular to the legs of the clamp member, wherein an outer periphery of the turning element is configured with a plurality of recesses that cooperate with the locking element to prevent turning movement of the base member, wherein the tightening means comprises a screw member and a tightening surface element configured with an insulating material that is coupled to the screw member so that actuation of the screw member in a direction perpendicular to the supporting structure in the slot translates the insulating material inside of the slot so as to place the supporting structure in contact with the insulating material and one of a pair of insulating material layers disposed on a surface of the legs inside of the slot, and wherein the patient monitor is electrically isolated from the supporting structure.