Surgical clamp
OwnerAudrey Arona, Peter Van Winslettinventors
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Abstract
The subject matter of the present disclosure relates, in various embodiments, to a surgical clamp that holds tissue steady, without tearing; and, at the same time, that provides a tamponade effect to affected blood vessels, so that, once the surgical clamp is released, minimal (if any) bleeding occurs. Pressure-transmitting jaws disposed at a distal end of the surgical clamp form approximately flat, cooperating, confronting surfaces. In use and operation, the jaws act to pinch tissue therebetween, providing appropriate directed pressure to blood vessels within the jaws, so that bleeding is minimized, stopped, and/or prevented.
Claims19
A surgical clamp providing both traction and tamponade effect, said surgical clamp comprising:
- a shank;
- a neck;
- a ring handle disposed proximally from said shank;
- and
- a hook disposed distally from said neck;
- said hook carrying a pressure plate, such that said hook extends from and through an inside surface of said pressure plate;
- wherein, when said hook and said pressure plate confront a second surface associated with said surgical clamp, the surgical clamp may act to hold tissue therebetween steady without tearing, while providing a tamponade effect to adjacent blood vessels so that, once said clamp is released, minimal (if any) bleeding occurs.
A surgical clamp providing both traction and tamponade effect, said surgical clamp comprising:
- interconnected first and second shanks, first and second necks, first and second ring handles disposed proximally from each of said shanks, and first and second hooks disposed distally from each of said necks, each of said hooks carrying a pressure plate, such that each of said hooks extends through an opening formed in an inside surface of each of a corresponding one of said pressure plates;
- wherein, when said first hook and said first pressure plate confronts said second hook and said second pressure plate associated with said surgical clamp, the surgical clamp may act to hold tissue therebetween steady without tearing, while providing a tamponade effect to adjacent blood vessels so that, once the surgical clamp is released, minimal (if any) bleeding occurs.
A surgical clamp providing both traction and tamponade effect, said surgical clamp comprising:
- interconnected first and second shanks, first and second necks, first and second ring handles disposed proximally from each of said shanks, and first and second hooks disposed distally from each of said necks, each of said first and second hooks carrying a pressure plate, such that each of said first and second hooks extends through an opening formed in an inside surface of each of a corresponding one of said pressure plates;
- each of said pressure plates comprising a truncated cylindrical configuration, wherein said pressure plate is approximately 0.37-0.41 inches in diameter, and wherein each of said pressure plates comprises a thickness of approximately 10 gauge;
- an interconnection joint;
- and,
- a plurality of cooperatively engaging ratchets;
- wherein, when said first hook and said first pressure plate confronts said second hook and said second pressure plate associated with the surgical clamp, the surgical clamp may act to hold tissue therebetween steady without tearing, while providing a tamponade effect to adjacent blood vessels so that, once the clamp is released, minimal (if any) bleeding occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.