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A flexible holder and clamping assembly for adjustably holding cystoscopes or other endoscopic instruments and retractors or the like adjacent to or on an examination tables or the like is equipped with a unique clamping assembly which permits the holding of various sized instrument shafts. The clam

A flexible holder and clamping assembly for adjustably holding cystoscopes or other endoscopic instruments and retractors or the like adjacent to or on an examination tables or the like is equipped with a unique clamping assembly which permits the holding of various sized instrument shafts. The clamping assembly is equipped with a vertically adjustable spring-biased C-shaped, open-sided region which is urged into a normally open position. The instrument shaft is, after positioning relative to the patient, slid sideways into the C-shaped jaw and retained between the jaw and a pair of circumferentially opposing notches of a tubular housing. The clamp also includes a head portion having various openings and a cavity for receiving the parts and connections of the clamping assembly.

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A holder for adjustably holding and stabilizing an instrument having an elongated shaft after positioning the instrument relative to a patient, comprising: an elongated flexible post for fixedly mounting at a situs of surgery or examination, and having a proximal mounting end and a distal supporting

A holder for adjustably holding and stabilizing an instrument having an elongated shaft after positioning the instrument relative to a patient, comprising: an elongated flexible post for fixedly mounting at a situs of surgery or examination, and having a proximal mounting end and a distal supporting end; and a clamping assembly and first means for rotatably connecting said clamping assembly about a first axis to said distal supporting end of said flexible post, said clamping assembly including clamping-member-supporting means for holding and supporting said clamping member, comprising a hollow tubular member having an annular bottom wall constituting a jaw member in the form of a pair of notches spaced about 180°from one another about said annular bottom wall, said clamping assembly further including an axially reciprocable clamping member mounted for axial movement within said hollow tubular member of said clamping-member-supporting means along a second axis generally perpendicular to said first axis, said clamping means having a generally C-shaped open jaw portion aligned with said second axis and opposing said jaw member; and said clamping assembly further comprises spring means positioned within said clamping-member-supporting means for biasing said C-shaped open jaw portion away from said jaw member; and tightening means for axially moving said axially reciprocal clamping member toward said jaw member against the force of said spring means and without tightening said first means for rotatably connecting said clamping assembly to said flexible post.