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Arterial clamp

US4988355A · kind A · utility

218Cited by
5References
10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 16, 1990
Grant dateJan 29, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 16, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B17/12009
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical clamp comprising a pair of arms, each arm being interconnected at one end to one end of the other arm by a flexible, resilient member normally urging said arms apart while maintaining facing surfaces. A clamping strip of resilient material is mounted on the arms, the resilient material being softer than the material of the clamping arms. A releasable ratchet assembly including a ratchet body and flexible tubing is positioned on the opposite end of one of the arms extending toward and being engageable with a holding lip on the other arm, so that when the arms are moved toward each other, the arms can be held in fixed relative positions, mounted to said body.

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