Stand for a medical-optical instrument

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9364290-B2
Application number	US-201414374374-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2014
Priority date	Feb 19, 2013
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

A stand for medical optical instrument capable of easily extending, adjusting easily a counter balancing according to a change of a weight of medical optical instrument such as microscope, as well as, maintaining stably a counter balancing regardless of a position of medical optical instrument. The stand for medical optical instrument includes a first to fourth links having a first to fourth turning joins, wherein the first to fourth links are rotatably coupled to each other in a parallelogram shape and the second turning joint is rotatably coupled to a holding unit, a carrier arm extended from the fourth link; and a counter balancing unit coupled to the first and second links, wherein the counter balancing unit is rotated in connection with the first and second links on the second turning joint according to the rotation of the carrier arm, and capable of maintaining a counter balancing of the carrier arm by compensating a torque generated in the second turning joint according to a medical optical instrument installed on the front link.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stand for medical optical instrument comprising:
a carrier arm including a first to fourth links rotatably coupled in a parallelogram shape with a first to fourth turning joints, wherein the second turning joint is rotatably coupled to a holding unit, and a front link extended from the fourth link; and
a counter balancing unit coupled to the first and second links to maintain a counter balancing of the carrier arm by compensating a torque, which is generated in the second turning joint by a medical optical instrument installed on the front link, by rotating in connection with the first and second links on the second turning joint according to the rotation of the carrier arm,
wherein the counter balancing unit comprises:
first and second balancing links extended from the first and second links, respectively, to rotate in connection with the first and second links on the second turning joint; and
first and second counter weights installed on the first and second balancing links, respectively.

2. The stand for medical optical instrument of claim 1 , wherein lengths of the first and second balancing links are changeable according to a weight of the medical optical instrument.

3. The stand for medical optical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the first and second counter weights are installed on the first and second balancing links, respectively, to be replaceable according to a weight of the medical optical instrument.

4. The stand for medical optical instrument of claim 1 , further comprising a carrier arm for extension rotatably coupled to the carrier arm to extend a length of the carrier arm.

5. The stand for medical optical instrument of claim 4 , wherein the carrier arm for extension comprises:
a base link portion rotatably coupled to the first and second turning joints of the carrier arm in a parallelogram shape;
an extension link portion rotatably coupled to the base link portion and the front link of the carrier arm in a parallelogram shape; and
a front link for extension extended from the extension link portion.

6. The stand for medical optical instrument of claim 4 , wherein the carrier arm for extension has N arms rotatably coupled to each other, and sequentially and rotatably coupling to the carrier arm to extend the carrier arm by N-steps.

7. The stand for medical optical instrument of claim 6 , wherein the carrier arm for extension comprises:
a base link portion rotatably coupled to the first and second turning joints of the carrier arm in a parallelogram shape;
an extension link portion rotatably coupled to the base link portion and the front link of the carrier arm in a parallelogram shape;
an additional extension link portion rotatably coupled to the extension link portions of the remaining carrier arms for extension except for the carrier arm for extension coupled to the carrier arm to a first order, wherein the carrier arm for extension coupled to the carrier arm to an N-th order, in which N−1 additional extension link portions are rotatably and serially coupled to the carrier arm for extension coupled to the carrier arm to an N-th order, is rotatably coupled to the extension link portion; and
a front link for extension extended from the extension link portion of the carrier arm for extension which is coupled to the carrier arm to the first and the additional extension link portion which is positioned at the end of the remaining carrier arms for extension,
wherein, the front link for extension of the carrier arm for extension, which is coupled to the carrier arm to an N-th order, except for the front link of the carrier arm for extension which is coupled to the carrier arm to the last, is rotatably coupled to the additional extension link portion of the carrier arm for extension which is coupled to the carrier arm to an N+1-th order.

Assignees

• Koh Young Tech Inc
• Univ Sogang Ind Univ Coop Foun

Inventors

• Yi Byung-Ju
• Seo Jong-Tae

Classifications

• A61B2019/265

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B19/26 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• F16M11/38

  by folding {, e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms} · CPC title

• A61B19/5202

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2019/263

  Human Necessities · mapped topic