Surgical tape tensioner
OwnerMargaret Marie Nixoninventor
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Abstract
A tensioner for securing and tensioning surgical tape is made of a unitary piece of plastic having an opening by which the tensioner can be attached to a section of tape. The tensioner is attached to the surgical tape prior to use; once a vessel is to be occluded, a free end of the tape is wrapped around the vessel and tensioned until bleeding stops, then the surgical tape is secured in a gripping portion of the tensioner.
Claims13
A tensioner for a surgical tape, said tensioner comprising:
- a unitary tensioner body, said tensioner body having
- attaching means whereby said tensioner can be attached to a point on a length of surgical tape;
- and
- holding means whereby said tensioner restrainably engages a second point of said surgical tape, the first and second points being longitudinally separated from each other along the length of surgical tape.
A tensioner for a surgical tape comprising a unitary tensioner body having a first opening and a second opening passing therethrough,
- wherein said first opening has a first section having size and shape such that a surgical tape of a given size can frictionally move through said first opening and a second section having a size and shape to restrainably engage the surgical tape of a given size,
- wherein said second opening has a size and shape to restrainably engage the surgical tape of a given size.
A method of clamping an elongated anatomical structure, such as a blood vessel, the method comprising the steps of:
- attaching a tensioner, having a unitary body, to a length of surgical tape;
- passing a portion of said surgical tape around the elongated body structure;
- and
- securing said surgical tape in place by inserting a section of said surgical tape into a gripping portion of said tensioner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.