Appeal 2006-1865
Application 09/660,433
Patent 5,802,641
11. The Amendment amended claims 1 and 12 which are reproduced
below (matter underlined added by the Amendment and matter in [brackets]
deleted by the Amendment):
1. A leg holder system for simultaneous positioning in [the] an
abduction dimension and a lithotomy dimension comprising:
a support device, having a longitudinal axis, for supporting a
leg cradle;
a clamping device for mounting [the] a proximate end of said
support device to a mounting device having a first axis transverse to
said longitudinal axis and selectively simultaneously clamping and
releasing motion of said support device about said first axis and about
a second axis transverse to both said first axis and said longitudinal
axis, said support device fixed in said clamping device from rotation
about said longitudinal axis;
an actuator device for actuating said clamping device to
simultaneously selectively clamp and release [, simultaneously,] said
support device and said mounting device; and
an operator device remote from said clamping device and said
actuator device for operating said actuator device to enable said
support device to move [simultaneously] jointly about both said first
and said second axes in the abduction and lithotomy dimensions [;
and] .
12. The leg holder system of claim 1 in which said support
device includes a cradle bracket for mounting a leg cradle spaced
from [the axis] said longitudinal axis of said support means.
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