Patent ID: 8192449

Claim:
A fixing device for securely fixing surgical equipment to a surgical field of a human or animal body, comprising: a first lever element including a first gripping portion, a first handling portion and an intermediate portion therebetween; and a second lever element including a second gripping portion, a second handling portion and an intermediate portion therebetween; wherein the intermediate portion of one of the first or second lever elements includes laterally spaced apart portions that are laterally spaced apart in a first direction and a pivot surface forming a pivot between the laterally spaced apart portions, the laterally spaced apart portions being laterally spaced apart sufficiently to receive therebetween the intermediate portion of the other of the first or second lever elements; wherein the laterally spaced apart portions form an aperture therebetween and are joined at one end of the aperture to form the pivot surface, the intermediate portion of the other lever element being movable into abutting engagement with the pivot surface and to pivot against the pivot surface for relative rotation of the lever elements about an axis parallel to the first direction; and wherein the aperture extends from the pivot surface a distance that allows for insertion of the gripping portion of the other lever element between the laterally spaced portions, whereby the first and second lever elements can be pivoted and detached with respect to one another.