Abstract: A mounting adapter has a proximal end for interfacing with a surgical stabilizer arm and a distal end for interfacing with a tissue manipulator tool. The adapter includes a receiver body defining a bore having an opening at the distal end for receiving the shaft of a manipulator tool. The receiver body has a detent projecting radially into the bore. A ball stem projects at the proximal end and is configured for insertion into a collet of the stabilizer arm. The detent is radially displaceable between 1) a radially outward position when the adapter is in an unlocked state in which the shaft of the manipulator tool is slidable into or out of the bore and 2) a radially inward position when the adapter is in a locked state in which the detent captures the shaft of the manipulator tool.

Abstract: A mounting adapter has a proximal end for interfacing with a surgical stabilizer arm and a distal end for interfacing with a tissue manipulator tool. The adapter includes a receiver body defining a bore having an opening at the distal end for receiving the shaft of a manipulator tool. The receiver body has a detent projecting radially into the bore. A ball stem projects at the proximal end and is configured for insertion into a collet of the stabilizer arm. The detent is radially displaceable between 1) a radially outward position when the adapter is in an unlocked state in which the shaft of the manipulator tool is slidable into or out of the bore and 2) a radially inward position when the adapter is in a locked state in which the detent captures the shaft of the manipulator tool.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner tool is removably mounted on the elongated wand of a conventional vacuum cleaner. The tool includes a head or main housing having a forwardly-disposed brush enclosure portion with a lower planar opening formed therein. A brush is rotatably journaled in the brush enclosure portion of the housing and protrudes below the opening therein. An air turbine is rotatably journaled in the housing and is drivingly connected to the brush. The axis of the housing is coincident with the axis of the wand, and both are arranged at 45 degrees with respect to the planar opening for the brush. In one position, the planar opening is in a horizontal plane. The mounting means between the housing and the wand includes a swivel member. This swivel member enables the housing to be rotated 180 degrees with respect to the wand. When so rotated, the planar opening for the brush is in a vertical plane.