Surgical clamp

Details Surgical clamp Surgical clamp

1995-06-29

2000-06-20

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band

606205, A61B 1708

Patent

active

060772808

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a new surgical clamp which provides for sufficient gripping of a foreign body and for the safe removal of a foreign body. A surgical clamp is provided having a pair of intersecting arms and a pivot interconnecting the arms for providing rotating motion about the pivot. The arms each comprise a handle portion, a jaw portion, and a shaft portion between the handle and jaw portions. The handle portion further comprises a finger loop and a latching mechanism opposite the finger loop. The jaw portion is preferably tapered, curved, and has a rat tooth at the distal end. The jaw portion also preferably has a gripping surface comprising a diamond grid pattern. The gripping surfaces on each jaw is operably opposed and the latching mechanism operably engageable when the handle portions are rotated toward each other for holding the handle portions in a fixed position, and operably engaging the gripping surfaces.

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Vrazo, F., "Difficulties Surfacing for Norplant", The Philadelphia Inquirer Jul. 7, 1994.

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