Apparatus for securely and gently holding a flexible elongated medical device
AssigneeCath Lab Solutions LLC
InventorsAnobel Tamrazi, Patricia Judge Tamrazi
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Abstract
A clip for holding a flexible elongated medical device. In embodiments, the clip has a hinge; first and second jaws movable with respect to each other about the hinge from a closed position to an open position, each of the jaws having a contact surface, the contact surface of the first jaw being disposed against the contact surface of the second jaw when the clip is in the closed position and away from the contact surface of the second jaw when the clip is in the open position; and flexible material disposed on at least one of the jaws, the flexible material comprising the contact surface. The invention also includes methods of holding a flexible elongated medical device.
Claims20
A clip for holding a flexible elongated medical device, the clip comprising:
- a hinge;
- first and second jaws movable with respect to each other about the hinge between a closed position and an open position, each of the jaws having a contact surface, the contact surface of the first jaw being disposed against the contact surface of the second jaw when the clip is in the closed position and away from the contact surface of the second jaw when the clip is in the open position;
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- flexible material with compression set resistance disposed on at least one of the first and second jaws, the flexible material comprising the contact surface.
A method of holding a flexible elongated medical device using a clip, wherein the clip comprises:
- a hinge;
- first and second jaws movable with respect to each other about the hinge between a closed position and an open position, each of the jaws having a contact surface, the contact surface of the first jaw being disposed against the contact surface of the second jaw when the clip is in the closed position and away from the contact surface of the second jaw when the clip is in the open position;
- and
- flexible material with compression set resistance disposed on at least one of the first and second jaws, the flexible material comprising the contact surface,
- the method comprising:
- opening the first and second jaws to make the clip in the open position;
- inserting portions of the flexible elongated medical device between the contact surfaces of the first and second jaws, the flexible elongated medical device being arranged in at least one coil;
- and
- closing the first and second jaws to make the clip in the closed position such that the flexible elongated medical device is held in a coil configuration between the contact surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.