Clamping device

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1999-06-04

2000-09-19

Smith, Jeffrey A.

Surgery

Specula

Retractor

403391, A61B 132

Patent

active

061204390

ABSTRACT:
A clamping device (10) for clampingly interconnecting a first elongate element (17) and a second elongate element (15). The clamping device (10) comprises a shaft (19), and a first clamping member (21) mounted on the shaft. The first clamping member (21) has first and second clamping sections (31, 32) between which the first elongate element (17) can be slidingly received and clampingly engaged. An aperture (73) is provided in the shaft (19) adjacent the second section (32) of the first clamping member (21) to slidingly receive the second elongate member (15). A second clamping member (22) is mounted on the shaft (19) and is displaceable therealong for clamping the second elongate element (15) between the first clamping member (21) and the second clamping member (22). A cam locking mechanism (23) is operably connected to the shaft (19) for selectively moving the clamping device between clamping and non-clamping conditions. In moving the clamping device (10) into the clamping condition, the cam locking mechanism (23) causes displacement of the second clamping member (22) along the shaft (19) such that the second elongate element (15) is clampingly engaged between the first clamping member (21) and the second clamping member (22).

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patent: 5792046 (1998-08-01), Dobrovolny
patent: 5888197 (1999-03-01), Mulac et al.

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