Container for Holding Clamps
AssigneeCardiomedical GmbH
InventorWolfgang Wiedenbein
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Abstract
This invention generally relates to the area of medicine in the surgical field. Containers are used in surgery for application tools for applying objects. Containers especially suitable for holding special objects, in particular hemostatic clamps. Hemostatic clamps are used to tie or clamp blood vessels during surgical procedures. Special containers are used to store and advantageously provide hemostatic clamps. These containers completely and clearly hold clamps in each phase without tilting, and enable reliable removal by a surgeon using a surgical instrument. This is achieved with the container according to the invention, which avoids friction between the clamp and the surgical instrument.
Claims15
A container for accommodating a plurality of storable and retrievable objects, in particular ligature clamps, of which each is formed in a specific mold and an be gripped by an application tool, wherein the container comprises:
- a lower part with a plurality of clamp compartments, each containing at least one lateral wall to bordering a clamping element and a pillow block for loosely storing a clamp, wherein a contour of the pillow block matches a contour of the clamp;
- an upper part with a plurality of clamping elements for holding the clamp in each of the clamp compartments, wherein the clamping elements consist of two movable retainers, said retainers enveloping the pillow block in each of the clamp compartments, and each retainer having a contact section that holds the respective clamp, the lower part having a plurality of webs, wherein each clamp compartment accommodates two webs, and the webs are disposed to guide the application tool for reliably removing the clamp.
A container for accommodating a plurality of storable and retrievable objects, in particular ligature clamps, of which each is formed in a specific mold and an be gripped by an application tool, wherein the container exhibits the following:
- a lower part with a plurality of clamp compartments each containing at least one lateral wall bordering a clamping element and a pillow block for loosely storing a clamp, wherein a contour of the pillow block matches a contour of the clamp;
- an upper part with a plurality of clamping elements for holding the clamp in each of the clamp compartments, wherein the clamping element consists of two movable retainers, said retainers enveloping the pillow block in each of the clamp compartments, and of which each retainer has a contact section that holds the respective clamp;
- the upper part has openings, wherein a web of the lower part extends through the openings, and the separating walls of the lower part are accommodated in the openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.