MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511057110 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi; and All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, on June 13, for 'a spherical gear-based laparoscopic camera holder with integrated braking.'
Inventor(s) include Naik, Gouri; Venkataraman, Srinivasan; Jain, Vishesh; and Dhua, Anjan Kumar.
The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a laparoscopic camera-holder, comprising: an enclosure (107) configured to provide stability and rigidity for the apparatus, a spherical gear (109) mounted inside the enclosure (107) and configured to provide multi-directional rotational movement, a pair of monopolar gears (110) engaged with the spherical gear (109) and configured to enable panning and tilting movements, a braking mechanism (104) operatively connected to the monopolar gears (110), configured to selectively lock their position relative to the spherical gear (109), a telescopic rod (103) coupled to the monopolar gears (110), configured to extend and retract, a camera gripper (101) attached to the telescopic rod (103) via a friction ball and socket joint (102), configured to hold a laparoscopic camera, a linear actuator (105) connected to the enclosure (107), and a clamping mechanism (106) connected to the enclosure (107) and configured for attachment to an operating table."
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