Surgery – Instruments – Obstetric or gynecological instruments
Patent
1994-11-18
1996-05-28
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Obstetric or gynecological instruments
604 4, 128760, A61B 1700
Patent
active
055206999
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed herein a device for clamping and cutting an umbilical cord so as to enable blood samples from the umbilical cord to be collected and/or tested. The device provides for the clamping of a severed end of an umbilical cord and the automatic ejection of that clamped end. The device also provides for the cutting of an umbilical cord without using excessive force regardless of the size of the umbilical cord. Additionally, the device provides for the valved use of vacuum tubes to collect umbilical cord blood samples. Furthermore, the device enables the measurement of blood values at the moment of cutting the umbilical cord. Finally, the device also provides for the protection of users and others from exposure to sharps and blood.
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Hessel Stephen R.
Katz Michael
Young H. Theodore
OB Tech, Inc.
Peffley Michael
Pellegrino Stephen C.
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