Patent ID: 7125380

Claim:
A clamp for securing an instrument to a support member, the clamp comprising: (a) a main body comprising (i) a top portion, (ii) a middle portion, and (iii) a base portion, wherein the porlions are separated by at least two channels, the clamp further comprising (iv) a cooperating interface adapted to cooperate with at least a portion of the support member; (b) an instrument holder supported by the main body and defining a receiving aperture adapted to receive and secure an instrument with respect to the clamp, wherein the aperture is defined to have a receiving axis that is generally orthogonal to a long axis of the instrument holder; (c) a tightening member supported by the main body and adapted to extend through the main body and in use to at least partially compress the at least two channels of the main body such that an instrument in the instrument holder is secured in at least partial non-rotational and at least partial non-translational stability with respect to the main body and the cooperating interface secures the clamp to at least a portion of the support member.