EP2457547B1 - Clamp fastener - Google Patents

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EP2457547B1
EP2457547B1 EP11191058.4A EP11191058A EP2457547B1 EP 2457547 B1 EP2457547 B1 EP 2457547B1 EP 11191058 A EP11191058 A EP 11191058A EP 2457547 B1 EP2457547 B1 EP 2457547B1
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Ari Nurminen
Marko Korhonen
Jaakko Nevalainen
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Merivaara Oy
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G13/00—Operating tables; Auxiliary appliances therefor
    • A61G13/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G13/101—Clamping means for connecting accessories to the operating table

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  • the invention relates to a clamp fastener according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Operating tables are provided with various different accessories.
  • various different supports that are attached to the operating table detachably, and so that their position can be adjusted, by which supports the limbs of the patient can be supported in a desired position, or supports by means of which various different accessories or their parts needed in the operation can be fastened to the operating table.
  • Corresponding accessories can also be attached to other hospital furniture, such as side tables, which accessories can then be used to help the patient for example in various treatments.
  • the problem often is how to obtain sufficient holding force. This is due to various different reasons, for example that the adequate holding force should be created by moderate manual force. It is also pointed out that the accessory fastening element is generally circular in cross-section, which also requires a high degree of friction between the fastening surfaces of the fastening element and the fastening part of the accessory in order to realize a tight fastening grip.
  • the object of the invention is to eliminate the problems connected to known, currently used fastening devices, particularly clamp fasteners.
  • Another object of the invention is to realize a new clamp fastener that is suited for fastening various accessories to hospital furniture, particularly to operating tables, which clamp fastener is simple in structure and reliable in operation, thus holding the accessory in a desired position and locked in place.
  • clamp fastener according to the invention is characterized by what is set forth in the appended claim 1.
  • the dependent claims set forth preferred embodiments of the clamp fastener according to the invention.
  • Another advantage of the invention is a minimal need for compressive force. Moreover, the invention is economical to manufacture owing to the simple structure, and it is easy to maintain.
  • Another advantage of the invention is that two different rotary motions are locked and released by one single lever, i.e. an eccentric lever.
  • gear ring elements are locked in the shaft by a separate shoulder, i.e. a second shoulder.
  • the force pressing the gear rings together is not transmitted through the clamp, but by intermediation of the second shoulder of the shaft.
  • This kind of structure is solid and reliable.
  • the invention is not, however, restricted to fastening operating table accessories only, but it can be applied to many different targets where a reliable and easily attached fastening device is needed.
  • a clamp fastener 1 is meant for fastening an accessory detachably to a piece of hospital furniture, such as to an operating table and the like.
  • the accessory is attached, at the support bar T thereof, detachably and adjustably by position to a fastening support 2.
  • the fastening support 2 is arranged to serve as the frame of the clamp fastener 1.
  • Figure 1 shows an example where the parturient's foot rests 11 are attached, by a support bar T belonging to the foot rest, by a clamp fastener 1 according to the disclosure to side supports 12 arranged on both sides of the base 13 of the delivery bed 10, which side supports thus serve as the frame and fastening support 2 of the clamp fastener.
  • a clamp fastener 1 comprises a shaft 3, a clamp 4 including a first spring element 44, two gear ring elements 6; 61, 62, a second spring element 7 and a clamp actuator 8.
  • the shaft 3 of the clamp fastener is supported to the fastening support 2.
  • the shaft 3 is arranged to pass through the fastening support 2, particularly through at least one side element 22, in this embodiment through both side elements 22, 23.
  • an intermediate space 24 In between the side elements 22, 23, there is left an intermediate space 24, through which the shaft 3 is arranged to pass.
  • the majority of the clamp fastener elements is arranged on that part of the shaft 3 that is located in the intermediate space 24.
  • the clamp 4 comprises two adjacent plier elements, a first and a second plier element 41, 42, a gap 43 between the plier elements and a first spring element 44.
  • the spring element 44 is arranged in connection with the plier elements, so that its spring force pushes the plier elements 41, 42 apart.
  • a fastening groove or a corresponding channel 5 for the fastening rod T for fastening it to the clamp and to the clamp fastener.
  • the first and second gear ring elements 6; 61, 62 are arranged in a mutually facing position.
  • the second spring element 7, preferably a corrugated spring 71, is arranged in between the gear rings 6; 61, 62.
  • the spring force of the spring element 7; 71 is arranged to push the gear rings 6; 61, 62 apart.
  • the gear rings are not in a mutually locked position, but in the closed position they are.
  • the first gear ring element 6; 61 is connected, for example by a first set of pins 63, movably in the lengthwise direction B - B of the shaft 3, to the fastening support 2; 21, particularly to the other side element 23.
  • the second gear ring element 6; 62 is respectively connected, for example by a second set of pins 64, movably in the lengthwise direction B - B of the shaft 3, to the clamp 4, particularly to the second plier element 42 thereof.
  • the first gear ring element 6; 61 cannot turn around the shaft 3, whereas the second gear ring element 6; 62 is free to turn along with the second plier element 42, in case the clamp fastener 1 is in the open position.
  • Neither the first gear ring element 6; 61 nor the second gear ring element 6; 62 nor the second plier element 42 connected thereto cannot turn around the shaft 3, when the clamp fastener is in the closed position.
  • the clamp fastener shaft 3 is provided with two shoulders 33, 34, spaced at a mutual distance a.
  • the first shoulder 33 is arranged outside the clamp, towards the first plier element 41, i.e. its outer surface 41 b.
  • the second shoulder 34 is arranged inside the clamp 4, towards the second plier element 42, especially its inner surface 42a.
  • the second spring element 7 such as a corrugated spring 71.
  • the clamp actuator 8 is arranged at the first end 31 of the shaft 3, outside the fastening support 2; 21, especially outside the second side element 23.
  • the clamp actuator 8 is used for affecting the shaft 3, so that the plier elements 41, 42 of the clamp 4 can be pressed together and respectively opened apart in order to fasten the support bar T in the clamp channel 5, and respectively in order to detach it from the clamp channel 5.
  • the shaft 3 is arranged to pass through the fastening support 2, in this case through the second side element 23, so that said fastening support, i.e. second side element 23, in that case serves as a stationary support for the clamp 4 and the clamp fastener.
  • the clamp actuator 8 affects the shaft 3, particularly its first end 31, so that it is pulled, in the lengthwise direction B - B of the shaft, outwardly from the fastening support 2; 23, particularly from the second side element 23, the clamp fastener 1 is brought in the closed position in two steps.
  • the second shoulder 34 of the shaft compresses the second plier element 42, and thereby the second spring element 7 (at least partly), and locks the first and second gear rings 6; 61, 62 against each other, so that the rotary motion of the clamp 4 and the bar T (plus an accessory etc.) attached thereto is prevented in a plane perpendicular to the lengthwise direction B - B.
  • the first shoulder 33 presses the first plier element 41 of the clamp against the second plier element 42 and compresses the gap 43 left therebetween to become smaller (and finally altogether closed), and the channel 5 to become smaller in cross-section than in the open position, i.e. in the rest position of the clamp.
  • the support bar T is by compression attached in place in the channel 5 and locked to be immovable.
  • the clamp actuator 8 affects the shaft 3, particularly its first end 31, so that it is pushed, in the lengthwise direction B - B of the shaft, to inside the fastening support 2; 21, the clamp fastener 1 is brought in two steps, but in a reversed order, to the open position, and the support bar T is released from the channel 5. Now the support bar T can be shifted, in the lengthwise direction thereof, in the channel 5; and/or the clamp 4 can be turned, together with the support bar located in the channel 5, around the lengthwise axis B - B of the shaft 3.
  • the distance of the shoulders 33, 34 is advantageously shorter than the added length of the diameter b (in the rest position of the clamp) of the gap 43 of the clamp 4 and the thickness c of the first plier element 41, i.e. a ⁇ b + c. With these measures, the shoulders are made to function in a desired way.
  • the shoulders 33, 34 are realized of the shaft 3.
  • the shaft 3 comprises three successive parts 3a, 3b, 3c.
  • the first shoulder 33 is formed in between the first shaft element 3a and the second shaft element 3b
  • the second shoulder 34 is formed in between the second shaft element 3b and the third shaft element 3c.
  • the diameter h a of the first shaft element 3a is longest
  • the diameter h b of the second shaft element 3b is shorter
  • the diameter h c of the third shaft element 3c is shortest.
  • the diameter of the aperture 45 provided in the first plier element 41 for the shaft 3 substantially corresponds to the diameter of the second shaft element 3b
  • the diameter of the aperture 46 provided in the second plier element 42 for the shaft 3 substantially corresponds to the diameter of the first shaft element 3a.
  • the plier elements 41, 42 of the clamp 4 and the first spring element 44 together form an uniform U-shaped element, where a gap 43 is provided in between adjacent plier elements.
  • the curved bottom element of the U-shaped clamp is flexible and forms the spring element 44.
  • the shaft 3 is arranged to pass through apertures 45, 45 arranged in the center region of the plier elements 41, 42 of the clamp 4.
  • a particular advantage of the above described embodiment of the disclosure is the minimal demand of compressive force from the actuator 8.
  • the first spring element 44 has a light structure, and the compression point on the lengthwise shaft B - B is located relatively far from the spring element 44 and the channel 5, in which case the compressive force is transmitted to the support bar T in an intensified way through the lever arm.
  • the second spring element 7 has a light structure, and its only task is to bring the gear ring elements 6; 61, 62 apart.
  • Another advantage is that the minimal demand for compressive force prevents the wearing of the clamp fastener parts and thus reduces the need for adjusting it.
  • the clamp actuator 8 is an eccentric lever 81. It comprises an eccentric head 811 and a lever arm 812.
  • the surface 811 a of the eccentric head is curved with respect to the turning point E, so that the distance of the points on the surface 811 a is increased/reduced, when the angle of rotation of the eccentric head is increased/reduced between the release position C and the locked position D.
  • the clamp fastener 1 functions as follows.
  • the eccentric lever 81 is turned at the lever arm 812 to the locked position C
  • the eccentric head 811 owing to its shape, pulls the shaft 3 out of the fastening support 2; 21, in this case particularly out of the second side support 23.
  • the second shoulder 34 of the shaft compresses the second plier element 42 and thereby the second spring element 7; 71, to shrink at least partly, so that the gear rings 6; 61, 62 are locked in a mutually facing position, thus preventing the rotary motion.
  • the first shoulder 33 presses the first plier element 41 of the clamp against the second plier element 42 and thus compresses the gap 43 to become smaller, and simultaneously the channel 5 to become smaller in cross-section than in the rest position, so that the support bar T located in the channel is by compression attached in place in the channel.
  • the eccentric lever 81 is provided with adjusting elements 9 for adjusting the position of the first end 31 of the shaft 3 in relation to the eccentric lever head 811.
  • the compressive force of the eccentric head can be adjusted to be suitable in order to make the eccentric lever light to use, and yet in order to obtain a sufficient compressive force thereby so that a reliable fastening operation is ensured.
  • the adjusting elements 9 comprise a threaded part 91 arranged at the first end 31 of the shaft 3, said threaded part being provided with an external thread; a cross nut 92 arranged at the eccentric lever head 811, said cross nut 92 including a shaft aperture 921 and there an interior thread, and a stopper element 93.
  • the threads of the threaded part 91 and the cross nut 92 are mutually compatible.
  • the stopper element 93 is fitted in the hole 94, at right angles to the axis aperture 921 of the cross nut 92.
  • the stopper element 93 and the hole 94 are provided with mutually compatible threadings.
  • the stopper element 93 is arranged, by rotating in one direction in the hole 94, to be pressed against the first shaft end 31 placed in the aperture of the cross nut 92, particularly against the threaded part 91, and to lock the shaft 3 in place with respect to the eccentric lever head. Respectively, by rotating the stopper element 93 in the other direction, the first end 31 of the shaft is released, so that the shaft 3 and the eccentric lever 81 can be rotated in the thredings of the threaded part and the axis aperture with respect to each other, and thus the position of the stopper element 93 can be adjusted.
  • the stopper element 93 comprises a stopper screw 931 and a locking pin 932, which is advantageously made of nylon or some corresponding plastic material.
  • the locking pin 932 is pressed, by rotating the stopper screw 931, against the shaft 3, particularly against the threaded part 91 of the shaft, and respectively in a release situation the locking pin 931 is released by turning the stopper screw 931 in the opposite direction.

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