Patent ID: 8621692

Claim:
A medical table and clamp apparatus, comprising: a) a medical table having sides and at least one rail that extends along a side; b) a clamp that travels along the rail, said clamp including a clamp body; c) the clamp body having a pair of spaced apart appendages with a recess therebetween, each appendage having an end that grabs the rail; d) an internally threaded sleeve extending through the body and having one sleeve end portion that is in communication with said recess; e) an externally threaded shaft threadably engaged with said internally threaded sleeve; f) a bearing on one end of the shaft; g) a pressure plate mounted on the bearing of the shaft with a pivotal connection, the pressure plate supported by the shaft and the bearing within the recess; h) a concave surface on the pressure plate; i) wherein the pressure plate is movable toward or away from the sleeve by selective rotation of the shaft in one or another rotational direction for enabling a medical implement to be clamped between the pressure plate and the rail; and j) an insert that connects with the concave surface, the insert having an inner curved surface and an opposed generally flat surface.