title: The new ceiling mount with "Space Pointer/Cygnus" system for the Leica Wild M690 operating microscope.
abstract: The new ceiling mount with the "Space Pointer/Cygnus" system for the Leica Wild M690 operating microscope (Leica AG, Heerbrugg, Switzerland) is reported. Two modes of action, "focus lock" and "point lock", are used with this system, in addition to counterbalanced free motion and electromagnetic brakes. The system also considerably improves space factors around the microscope.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Ishii Hospital of Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology, Iwaki, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sohma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Manabe
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013523:Surgical Equipment