Patent ID: 7793902

Claim:
A medical instrument device comprising: a medical instrument to benefit a patient positioned on a support surface and the medical instrument is contained in a case; the case having at least one surface having a hospital pole trench area, wherein the hospital pole trench area is divided into a first trench area and a second trench area and the first trench area is separated from the second trench area by an area that does not contact a hospital pole when the hospital pole is positioned in the hospital pole trench area, and a clamping system; the clamping system has a first clamping member, a first biasing apparatus, a second clamping member, and a second biasing apparatus affixed to the case; the first clamping member is positioned on a first side of the hospital pole trench area and the second clamping member is positioned on a second side of the hospital pole trench area, and the first clamping member and the second clamping member are opposed to each other; the first biasing apparatus positions the first clamping member into a first preferred position and the second biasing apparatus positions the second clamping member into a second preferred position, the first preferred position and the second preferred position inhibit a hospital pole from entering the hospital pole trench area; the hospital pole enters the hospital pole trench area by (A) positioning the hospital pole to (i) align with the hospital pole trench area, and (ii) contact the first clamping member and the second clamping member, (B) raising and pushing the medical instrument device in relation to and against the pole so the pole allows the first clamping member and the second clamping member to rotate until the hospital pole trench area is exposed, (C) sliding the hospital pole into the hospital pole trench area which results in the first and second biasing apparatuses to urge respectively the first clamping member and the second clamping member toward the respective first and second preferred positions, and (D) lowering the medical instrument device on the hospital pole to obtain (i) a maximum contact between (a) the first clamping member and the hospital pole and (b) the second clamping member and the hospital pole, and (ii) a maximum force from (a) the first biasing apparatus through the first clamping member to the hospital pole and (b) the second biasing apparatus through the second clamping member to the hospital pole; wherein the maximum force is greater than the weight of the medical instrument device; and wherein the first clamping member and the second clamping member are positioned at the first trench area.