Patent ID: 8002464

Claim:
A device for guiding a cable of a system in a medical procedure, comprising: a first system component connected to a first cable; a second system component connected to a second cable which is relatively movable with respect to the first system component; a cable adapting device sequentially connected to the first and second cables which adapts a cable modality of the first and second cables; a guide medium which guides the cable adapting device according to a movement of the second system component; wherein the cable adapting device includes at least one device which adapts a cable modality of each of the first and second cables by adjusting the length of each of the first and second cables; and wherein the length of each of the first and second sequentially connected cables is independently adjusted by reeling up and unreeling the cables onto or off of a reel and unreel device provided as the at least one device within the cable adapting device.