Patent ID: 8517233

Claim:
A surgical instrument holder comprising a holding means for temporarily fixing the instruments in a fixed position, a fastening means for detachably fastening said holding means to the arm of a user, and a coupling means for making a connection between said fastening means and said holding means, wherein said holding means comprises at least one means for generating a magnetic field for temporarily fixing the instruments, said holding means being pivotally or rotatably connected to a firm base and said coupling means comprises two plates held substantially parallel and plane with one another and mounted around a common perpendicular central axis, said plates being retained in their plane-parallel coordination by magnetic means, wherein one of the plates forms a rotation resistant bottom part of the coupling means connected to the fastening means to form the firm plate, and the other plate forms an upper part of the coupling means and is connected to the holding means, the holding means being fixable in any angular position with respect to said base, wherein the upper surface of said holding means is that is an angle that is between about 0 and about 30 degrees to the lower surface of the holding means; wherein the upper part of the coupling means has a border that rises above the holding means and extends at least partially around the circumference of the holding means in order to prevent instruments from sliding off the holder.