Mechanism for cutting an umbilical cord

Details Mechanism for cutting an umbilical cord Mechanism for cutting an umbilical cord

1995-05-01

1997-09-16

Buiz, Michael Powell

Surgery

Instruments

Obstetric or gynecological instruments

606174, 606142, A61B 1742

Patent

active

056675160

ABSTRACT:
A disposal device for clamping, cutting and taking blood samples from an unbilical cord of a newly born infant. When the device is closed around an umbilical cord the cord is compressed and two separate pairs of clamping jaws are locked onto the cord. Further compression of the device severs the cord between two clamps and ejects the clamp which retains the infant's end of the unbilical cord. The jaws holding the mother's end of the cord can be opened enough to allow blood samples to be taken while still holding the cord firmly. The present invention comprises a double jaw clamping mechanism which incorporates a releasable locking means, a double jaw fetal end cord clamp which separates from the body of the device and remains locked to the fetal end of the cord, and a hinged holder containing a blade for severing the cord.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4648401 (1987-03-01), Mattson
patent: 4938215 (1990-07-01), Schulman et al.

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