Patent ID: 7294140

Claim:
A device for holding a trocar sleeve in its position of engagement in a body of a patient, wherein said device is designed as a forceps having two forceps arms intersecting one another and being connected to one another via a hinge at an area of intersection, said arms having distal ends, each of said ends being provided with at least one clamping jaw, a pair of clamping jaws defining in a closed position an opening where said opening is sized to be placed about an outside of a trocar sleeve, a spring having elongate ends being arranged between said forceps arms, which spring being supported on said forceps arms via its elongate ends, and forcing the clamping jaws into a closed position; and a bracket having a first end and a second end, where said first end includes a pivot located at said hinge for permitting said bracket to rotate about said hinge 360 degrees and where said second end extends away from said first end and includes a hole for permitting said device to be fixed on a patient.