Suction catheter clamp

A suction catheter clamp for supporting a suction catheter on a structure in an operating room, the clamp comprising:

• a pair of legs terminating at one end in opposing jaws and defining an opening between the jaws, the legs pivotably connected to each other so that the opposing jaws can move apart to enlarge the opening to receive the structure and towards each other to engage the structure;
• a biasing element configured to bias the opposing jaws towards each other to clamp onto the structure;
• a resilient clip defined on one leg of the pair of legs, the resilient clip;
• configured to receive the suction catheter between the resilient clip and a surface of the one leg;
• and
• biased toward the surface to clamp the suction catheter to the one leg;
• and
• a retainer defined on the other leg of said pair of legs, said retainer defining a bore to receive a tube apart from the suction catheter, said retainer configured to crimp the tube, wherein;
• said other leg defines an aperture with a bridge element extending across a width of the aperture;
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• the retainer includes a pair of ring elements defining said bore, said ring elements flanking either side of the bridge element so that the tube can be crimped between said pair of ring elements and said bridge element.