AU624378B2 - Handle for surgery lamp - Google Patents

Description

nlllswdw 0' W, I I I IN i OPI DATE 22/09/89 AOJP DATE 19/10/89 34400O 89 AmPN. I D PCT NUMBER PCT/US89/00861 4TREATY(PC1)

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(51) International pateot Casmlincation 4 Internatilo ic~a on N be WO 89/ 07900 A47B 95/02, A47J 45/06 Al Ine A n 8X e 1 (21) International APPlicatiom Number: PCT/US89/008161 (81) Designated States: AT (European patent), AU, BE (Eu.

ropean patent), CH (European patent), DE (Euro- (22) International Filing Date: 2 March 1989 (02.03.89) pean patent), FR, (European, patent), GB (European patent), IT (European patent)Q, JP, LU (European pa- (31)Pririt AplictionNomer:164333 tent), NL (European patent), SE (European patent).

(32) Puiority Date., 4 March 1988 (04.03.88) Published With inoernnional search report.

(33) Priority Country; us (71) Applicant; MOT CORPORATION [US/USI; Torrance Technology Center, 2300 205(h Street, Torrance, CA 90o0l (UjS).

(72) Inventor: SPINA, Charles 77 Laurel Grove Road, Ross,, CA 940V7 (74) Agonts: TRASK, David, V, et al,; Trask, Britt Rossa, P, BOqx2550, Salt Lake City, UT 84110 (US) (S~)Tltlet HANDLE FOR SURGERY LAMP (57) Ahoistro Handle (10) for inadlpuiating a, lamp above an operitting table Including a stip portionl 0 a connecting portJon above thit grip portion for co nectt-- to such lamp, said handle Including radiAlly outwardly projecting support means (14) between the grip portion and the connecting portion, ond a mountable-demountable protective disc (17) fitted over the connecting portion and supported by the support means. Also a package or two such handles lying side by side with a disc underlying and a dkic overlying the pair of handles and secured in place 4 WO 89/07900 PC/US8900861 HANDLE FOR SURGERY LAMP Field: This invention relates to a novel form of handle or grip for use in manipulating the overhead lamp in an operating room.

SJtate of the art: During surgery it is necessary to provide overhead illumination. Such is provided by a lamp which is so mounted above the operating table that it can be manipulated to heights and positions desiredo For such purpose it is common to provide a handle or cjrip by mneans of which the surgeon or others on the team can move the lamp to the desired position, the lamp being mounted so as to be moveable to any needed position, to permit Vertical and lateral adjustment and to retain the lamp in any desired, position until It is moved, by the handle, to another position.

Xn some instances the handle is a re-~usable metal part of the lamP bu~t such requires sterilization Of the handle before each operation Is commenced.

A disposable plastic handle is also, in Use ,which has a threaded upper portion whicqh can be screwed into A sock~et on the lamp structure, or into an adaptor which is secured to the lamp structure. Below the 1 threaded por4ion ir A handle which Is gripped- by hand. As an added p:recAution the handle is forzed withadicut beneath the threaded upper end Which servez as a guard to prevent the gloved, hand, of the person manipulating the lamp, from coming Into contact With nonv'sterile parta of the lamp structure, The handle per so e~tonds downward from the -disc.

Thit gtructure is more advantageoUs' than a total redUsable handle, because, it can- be pack~aged in~ sterile, condition, removed from the, sterile pack~age- at the time ot Use anld thon diodordodt 3$ Nevertheless this form of detachable/attachable 6 6' 6 9.' .9 9' handle has the disadvantage that it is bulky and inconvenient to package, to ship and to store.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an, attachable, detachable handle for manipulating overhead lamps used in surgery which alleviates the disadvantages of handles as described above.

ANccording to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a handle construction suitable for use in manipulating a lamp above an operating table, said handle 1Qconstruction comprising: an elongated handle having an upper end and a lower end, said handle having a length and diameter suitable to be manuailly grasped and moved; attachment means mounted at said upper end of said handle for attaching said handle to an overhead, lamp off @0overlg an operating table,# an _urrdy ojeOting support member mountedonsi handle below said attachment means;, and a disc detaohably mounted on paid handle, said disc, 2t) having a center opening ~i d over and encircling said Upper, end of ai handle, said diz~c being s~pr~db sald support member, a diameter of said d is bin Oimensioned to prevent inadvertent Movement of the hand of a User from contacting non-sterile equdpmenat positioned above said disc, Said disc being readl sepa):0410 ro'nA soid handle, According to a further aspect of~ the present inventio t~here is Provided A pack~age comprising; a, pair of handles, each 0010 handle comprli3ng:, 3Q An elongated handle having an ttpper end and a Iower end, Said handle having a length and diameter suitnble to be manually grasped and moved; attachment means moIunted at Said upper end of said handle fo attaching s;aid hardle to an. overhead 1lamp Overlying an operating table; an outwardly pojecting StiPPort rambor mounted on said handle below said attachment meoas And a Pair Of Oiscgo each said disa bainq detachably Smountable on a roaeeive sold hafidle~ each said dise 94 9 '4 9

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6B 9' 9 .9 94 ft 4.' 9 ft 4 1 ~IW1 F having a center opening configured to be fitted over and encircle said upper end of said handle, each said disc being supportable by said support member, a diameter of said disc being dimensioned to prevent inadvertent movement of the hand of a user from contacting non-sterile equipment positioned above said disc, said disc being readily separable from said handle; and tie means for holding said handles and said discs together; wherein said handles are arranged parallel and adjacent to one another, and said discs are positioned contiguous said handles, According to a still further aspect of the present invention there is provided a handle construction suitable for use in manipulating a lamp above an operating table, said construction compising: an elongated handle member having an upper end and a lower end, said handle member having a length and diameter suitable to be manually grasped and moved; 2D attachment means mounted at said upper end of said handle member for attaching said handle member to an overhead lamp overlying an operating table; and a disc detachably mounted on said handle member, said disc having a center opening fitted over and encircling %S said upper end of said handle member.

According to a still further aspect of the present invention there is provided a package comprising: a pair of handles positioned parallel and adjacent one another, each said handle being adapted for manipulating a 0 lamp above an operating table, each said handle comprising: y an elongate handle member having an upper end, a lower end, and an outwardly projecting support member, said handle member being configured to be grasped by a user, attachment means mounted on said upper end for 3 abtaching said handle member to a lamp above an operating table, and a disc adapted for detachably mounting on said handle member and being supported thereon by said projlecing 9 support member, ow 2a According to a still further aspect of the present invention there is provided a package comprising: a pair of handles positioned adjacent and parallel to one another, each said handle comprising: an elongated handle section having an upper end and a lower end, said handle section having a length and a diameter suitable to be manually grasped and moved; an attachment means including a plurality of male threads mounted at said upper end of said handle for attaching said handle to an overhead lamp overlying an operating table; a pair of planar panel members, each having a polygonally-shaped perimeter, one said panel member being mounted on said handle below said attachment means, S**i another said panel member being mounted on said handle's 3*O lower end; wherein each said panel member of each handle overlaps S. a corresponding panel member of another handle, said see polygonal perimeters of each pair of overlappinc panel 2 members forming a pair of oppositely posi tioned, substantially linear support surfaces, said palr of support surfaces formed on said upper ends of said handles S. being oriented parallel to a pair of support surfaces S" formed on said lower ends of said handles; a pair of flat, planar discs arranged parallel one another and positioned spacedly apart from one another, one of said discs being arranged in an overlying relation to said handles, one of said discs being arranged in an underlying relation to said handles, each said disc being 1 39 detachably mountable on a respective said handle, each said disc having a center opening configured to be fitted over and encircle an upper end of said respective handle section, each said disc being configured to be supportable by a respective said support member, and having an outer diameter dimensioned to prevent inadvertent contact by the hand of a user with non-sterile equipment positioned above each said disc, each said disc being tradily separable from its respective said handle; ,t each said disc defining a pair of recesses therein 2babout a circumference thereof said recesses being defined on opposing sides of said circumference; wherein said discs are positioned. in a contiguous abutting relationship with said handle-defined support surfaces; wherein each said handle section is formed with at least one recess between its lower end and its attachment member, said pack~age further including a first tie member suirrounding said handles and positioned within paid handle recesses to retain said handles in Physical association one with another; and wherein sold discs are formed with recesses on opposi to sides thereof, one said disc being positioned, on one face of said pair of handles and the, other said disc being et6 positioned onrh poit aeo said Pair~ of handles, 0 0 said package further Includinag a second tie member 0: surrounding soid, discs Positioned and retaie ihnsi **to disc recesses to retain said discs in physical association with said handles, :O A Preferred, embodiment of the prevent Invention will now be doscribed with reference to the accompanying 4 FIG, 1 is a viqw in, elevation of the handle olement. of the invention; VIG. 2 is a top view asn soon along the line 2-2 of FG 9BFIG. 3 Is a top view of a dea hoble, attachable disc for use wi~th the handle of VIC 1 *FIC.. 4 is a view of the disc as goen along the line 4-4 VIC 5 is a view in. elevationo the cownplet±e handle inolUding the handlo portion of V1.I and the, disc~ of rXG, -3 shown mounted on the handle portion,- VO.6 40d 7 are, respectively, a top plan vieW and. an end viow of two handles, shown wi th dtached clir~o illustrating the packaging vn'asof the Invention, Aef-aring now to the drawing*n and initially to piZG, 1, the handle (Without the protective diso) Inindiated gonertlly at 10* Xt im ptefeaaly M~olded in~ one plae -2dfrom a suitable plastic material. It has a tubular body or grip 11 having preferably a textured interior 12, a flat hexagonal base 13, a hexagonal lip 14 and a 0 26* 024" I W, I I I 0, Wjj "NO, .1 3 0060 0030 r~g0* 0 eig.

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0 38 05 0 0i threaded upper end 15 which can be screwed into a socket (not shown) which is either a part of the lamp (also not shown) or into an adapter (not shown) attached to a lamp fixture. The body 11 is formed about midway between base 13 and lip 14 with an annular groove 16, or alternatively with a pair of indentations.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, a disc 17 is provided made, for example, of the same plastic material as the handle 10 and having a central opening 18.

Surrounding the opening 18 and projecting above and below the body of the disc is an inner rim 19. An outer rim projects above and below the disc. Notches 21 are provided at opposite ends of a diameter of the disc.

Referring now to FIG. 5, the complete assembly, 15 indicated as 10A, has the disc 17 preferably mounted on the lip 14, the hole 18 being such that the disc fits snugly over the threaded portion 15, the fit being such that the disc is stable but not difficult to place it in and to remove it from the position shown in FIG. 20 Referring now to FIGS, 6 and 7, a pair of the handles 10 and discs 17 are packaged as shown. The handles 10 are laid alongside one another but slightly offset so that the bases 13 and lips 14 preferably nest as shown. one of the discs 17 is laid on top and the other disc 17 lies beneath the handles 10, as shown.

Before the discs are added, a rubber band 26 is stretched around the handles 10 and secured in the grooves 16 thus locking the two handles together. After the discs have been added, another rubber band 27 is passed around the package and is secured in place by the notches 21 in the discs.

By this means two complate handles 10 and their disos 17 are neatly and conveniantly packaged together.

The discs add little to the Volume and the assembly can, as after sterilization, be enclosed in a sterile plastic bag (not shown) Upon opening the bag one or both handles and discs 17 may be removed, using sterile gloves, WO 89/07900 PCT/US89/086 -4assembled as shown in FIG, 5 and screwed into a socket on the lamp, meanwhile observing sterility procedures.

The hexagon shape at, the base 13 and lip 14 azre preferred because, when lying flat, the handles 10 do not roll, Dimensions of the handle 10 will be su~ch that it can be grasped conveniently by hand and manipulated. The disc 17 will have a diameter such that it will effectively prevent the manipulating hand or fingers from. tou.ching non-sterile hardware above, Typical dimensions are: Height from base 13 to lip 14, 3.9"1 (9,9 cm) Overall height 4,9"w (12.44 cm) Diameter of body 11 1,25"1 (3.17 cM) Diameter (betwen opposite sides) of base, 1-3 and lip 14 X#60 (4.06 cm) Dialneter 4.6# (11.43 0m) Thickness 000 (0.20 cm) It will therefore be oppreci4ted that a novel 4nd U04UeIu devicd has bQOA provided which minimizts P40,1.a4ing prolblems anid derves the, intended purpose.

Claims (9)

1. A handle construction suitable for use In manipulating a lamp above an operating table, said handle construction comprising: an elongated, handle having an Upper end and a lower end, said handle having a length and diameter suitable to be manually grasped, and moved; attachment means mounted at said Upper end of said handl~e :Cor attaching. said hjndle. to an, overhead lamp overlying an operating table; outwardly proj e6-tJng support, member tmounted. on said handle below said Attachment means;1 and a disc detachably mounted on said handle, said oisc having a center opening fitted over and encircling said Upper end of said handle, said disc being supported, by paid support member, a diameter of sAid dAlso being dimensioned to prevent Inadvertent movoment of the hand of a user trom contactinq noo-oterile equipment positioned, above said disc, said disc being readily separable froM said handle.* 2 The handle Construction of Claim I, Wherein said support member is configured in the form of A polygonal lip surrounding said handle. 1. The handle construction of Claim I wherein said handle I* for-mod, below said disc, with one or mar* inwardly extending rcoag#0 cafble of receiving and 4c A 'packcage oomprisinqt a pair oe handles, each said handle comprising. an elongated h~andle having an Upper and, and o ji~\Ate .4 I PeT/Us -89/00861 6 I PEAAUS 09 APR SO3 lower end, said handle having a ienhcjth and diameter suitable to be manually grasped and moved; attachment means mounted at said, upper end of said, handle for attaching said handle to an, overhead lamp overlying an operating table; an outwardly projecting support member mounted on said handle below said attachment mea#* and pair of discs, each said disc being detachobly mountable, on ia respective said handle# each said dlsc having A center opening cpnigUred to be fitted over and encircle said upper end, of paid handle, each said disc being supportable by said support %omborf a diameter of said disc. being dimensioned to prevent inadvertent movement Of the hand of a User, from contacting non-sterile equipment positioned above~said disc, said diso being readily separable from said handle; Aa tie manos for holding solid handles and said. discs togethero# wherein said handles are arranged parallel and adjacent to one another, and said discs are positioned contiguous said handles. 2S The p~oAgoaq of Claim 4 Wherein one of said discs is arranged, in overlying relat~ion to said handled,

6. The package Of Claim 4 Wherein, one of said disco Is arranged in, underlying relation to said handlest

7. The package of claim 5 wherein said handles are tormed with recesses between said lower ends and said attachment- means, and saidA tio means surrounds said, handles,f being held, in place by said roessest I N si) I IPER/US PCT/US 8O9f/00861 ',PEA/US 09APR Mg said discs being formed with recesses on opposite sides thereof, one disc being positioned on top of a pair of said handles and another disc being positioned beneath said pair of handles; and said tie means further surrounding said dioss being held in p~lace by said recesses of said discs., 8a The pac~caga of Claim 6 wherein said handles are formed, with recesses between said lower ends and, said Attachment means, and said tie means surrounds said handes 1 )~engj held in place by sairese; said discs being 4ormed with recesses on opposite sldes, Ono ditsc being positioned on top of a pair of sald handles and another- disc being positioned on beneath r.4id pair of handles; And sai~d tie means fu-rther surrounding said discs# being held in place by said recesses of said olops. o 4handle construction, suitable for Use in manipuAl~ting a lamp above ani operating table, sAid, Ionstruction comprising:, on eongated haodle, Member having an U~pper and and a lower end, oaid handle memher having a liangth an$ diameter suitable to be manually grAspe and 2$ movedl Attachment means mounted at said upper end of said handle member for attaching said haiidle member to an overhead, lamp overlying an operatinq table; and adsc, detachably %oUnte hsi handle moember, oaid disc having, A center openin fittedt over And enoirolingr said upper end of said hando member# The hondle construction of Claim 9 including -in outwardly projictt~ti support memberz mounted on said bondle member beloW said attachment rnoaoso IPEAMLS U w. PCT/US 89/00861 I IPEAIAS 8 09 APR 190

11. The handle construction of Claim 10 wherein said support member is configured in the form of a polygonal lip surrounding said handle member. a pair of

12. A package comprising: handles positioned parallel and adjacent one another, each said handle being adapted for manipulating a lamp above an operating table, each said handle comprising; an elongate handle member having an upper end, a lower end, and an outwardly projecting support member, said handle member being configured to be grasped by a user, attachment means mounted on said upper end for attaching said handle member to a lamp above an operating table, and a disc adapted for detachably mounting on said handle member and being supported thereon by said projecting support member.

13. The package of Claim 12 wherein each said handle member of said first handle and said second handle defines a circumferential groove thereine said package further including a first rubber band positioned within each of said' grooves for detachably locking said pair of handles together.

14. The package of Claim 13, wherein each of said discs defines a pair of notcheu therein, said package further including a second rubber band positioned within said notches of said disas of said first handle member and said second handle member to detachably retain said discs in association with said handle members. 3 1. The package of Claim 14, wherein said notches in each said disc are positioned diametrically K.a:a IPWAUS PCT/US 89/OO8EK I IPA/JS13PR9 opposite one another in each. said disc. 1.6. A package comprising: a pair of handles positioned adjacent and parallel, to onf, another, each said handle comprising: an elongated handle. section having an upper end# and a lower end, said handle section havinq- a length and a, diameter suitable to be manually grasped and moved; an attachment means including a plurality of male threads mounted at said upper end of said, handle for attaching said handle to an overhead, lamp overlying an operating table; A pair of planar panel members, each having a is polycjonally-shaped, perimeter, one said panel member being mounted on said handle below said attachment means, another said panel member being mounted on said handle's lower end; werein each said panel member of each handle overlaps A, corresponding panel. member of' Another handle, said polygonal perimeters. of each pair of overlapping panel members forming a pair of oppositely positioned, sbtntally linear support- sUrfaces, oaid pair of, support surfaces formed on said Upper ends of said handles being oriented, paalel, to; at pair of support surfaces formed on said lower ends of said handlest i pair of flat, planar disc* gr-ranged parallel, 6ne Another and positioned. spacedly apart from on* another, one of said discs being arranged in an overlying rolat -opn to *Aid handles, one of said disc* being arranged in an underlying relation to *aid handles, each siaid- disc being detachably moUntable on A respectiVe soid handla# each said PCT/US 89,/00861 o1 PEUS 09 APR disc having a center opening configured to be fitted over and encircle an upper end of said respective handle section, each said disc being configured to be supportable by a respective said support member, and having an outer diameter dimensioned to prevent inadvertent contact by the hand of a user with non-sterile equipment positioned above each said disc, each said disc being readily separable from its ,0 respective said handle; each said disc defining a pair of recesses therein about a circumference thereof, said recesses being defined on opposing sides of said circumference; wherein said discs are positioned in a contiguous abutting relationship with said handle-defined support surfaces; Wherein each said handle section is formed tiith at least one recess between its lower end and its attachment member, said package further including a first tie member surrounding said handles and positioned within said handle recesses to retain said handles in physical association one with another; and wherein said discs are formed with recesses on opposite sides thereof, one said disc being positioned on one face of said pair of handles and the other said disc being positioned on the opposite face of said pair of handles, said package .further including a second tie member surrounding said discs positioned and retained within said disc recesses to retain said discs in physical association with said handles.

17. The package of Claim 16 wherein said first and second tie members are rubber bands. JPEA/US r-o

18. The handle construction of claim 1 or claim 9 substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1. The package of any one of claims 4, 12 or 16 substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings. DATED: 23 Maroh 1992 PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK Attorneys for; MOT CORPORAT ION .c see* 0 see* 0** $66 0 94 4S99 .4 .4 09 99 9. a 4 6O #9 9 0 4. 4 IO 09 9 _716