# US 2010/0168680 A1 · Clamping Assembly for Use With A Catheter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0168680 A1 - Document ID: US20100168680A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/636,285 - Filed: 2009-12-11 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-30 - Assignees: Tyco Healthcare Group LP - Inventors: Mark Callahan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100168680A1 ## CPC - A61M 39/285: {Cam clamps, e.g. roller clamps with eccentric axis} - A61M 39/286: {Wedge clamps, e.g. roller clamps with inclined guides} - Y10T 24/44573: including track or way guided and retained gripping member - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A clamping assembly includes a body having a base and an arcuate body portion secured to the base. The arcuate body portion defining at least one opening dimensioned to receive a tubular member having a lumen. The clamping assembly further includes a slide member adapted to slide along the arcuate portion between an open position and a closed position. The slide member is movable along the arcuate body portion to compress the tubular member received within the body against the base to obstruct the lumen of the tubular member when the slide member is in the closed position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A clamping assembly, comprising: a body having a base and an arcuate body portion secured to the base, the arcuate body portion defining at least one opening dimensioned to receive a tubular member having a lumen; and a slide member adapted to slide along the arcuate portion between an open position and a closed position, wherein the slide member is movable along the arcuate body portion to compress the tubular member received within the body against the base to obstruct the lumen of the tubular member when the slide member is in the closed position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The clamping assembly of claim 1, wherein the base is flat and adapted to support the tubular member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The clamping assembly of claim 2, wherein the arcuate body portion is secured to the ends of the base. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The clamping assembly of claim 2, wherein a lateral open space is defined between the flat base and the arcuate body portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The clamping assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one opening includes a first opening and an aperture dimensioned to receive the tubular member, the aperture being located in a first section of the arcuate body portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The clamping assembly of claim 5, further including a second opening located in a proximal section of the arcuate body portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The clamping assembly of claim 1, wherein the arcuate body portion includes at least one feature which is releasably engagable with a corresponding feature on the slide member to releasably secure the slide member in the closed position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The clamping assembly of claim 1, wherein the arcuate body portion includes a plurality of detents, each detent being adapted to secure the slide member at a predetermined secured position along the arcuate body portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The clamping assembly of claim 8, wherein the slide member includes an engagement member configured to releasably engage a detent of the plurality of detents to retain the slide member in relation to the arcuate body portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The clamping assembly of claim 9, wherein the slide member includes a first portion facing away from the base and a second portion facing toward the base, the first portion including the engagement member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The clamping assembly of claim 10, wherein the second portion of the slide member includes a blunt protuberance configured to compress the tubular member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The clamping assembly of claim 10, wherein the first and second portions of the slide member are configured to spread apart when the slide member moves between the predetermined secured positions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The clamping assembly of claim 10, further comprising a track positioned along the arcuate body portion, wherein the track is configured to slidably receive the second portion of the slide member to facilitate movement of the slide member along the arcuate body portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The clamping assembly of claim 1, wherein the slide member is made of a resilient material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The clamping assembly of claim 1, wherein the slide member has a substantially C-shape. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The clamping assembly of claim 8, wherein the plurality of detents includes a detent positioned to retain the slide member at an intermediate position between the open and closed positions. ### Claim 17 A catheter assembly, comprising: a catheter defining a bore; a body having a base and an arcuate body portion secured to the base, wherein the base is configured to support the catheter; and a slide member slidably positioned on the arcuate body portion, the slide member being adapted to slide along the arcuate body portion between an open position and a closed position, wherein the slide member is movable along the arcuate body portion to compress the catheter to occlude the bore when the slide member is in the closed position. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The catheter assembly of claim 17, wherein the body defines at least one opening dimensioned to receive the catheter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The catheter assembly of claim 17, wherein the arcuate body portion includes a plurality of detents, each detent being adapted to secure the slide member at a predetermined secured position. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The catheter assembly of claim 19, wherein the slide member includes an engagement protrusion configured to securely engage a detent of the plurality of detents to fix the position of the slide member along the arcuate portion at the predetermined secured positions. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The catheter assembly of claim 17, wherein the slide member has a substantially C-shape. ### Claim 22 A clamping assembly, comprising: a body having a base and an arcuate body portion secured to the base, the arcuate body portion defining a first opening, a second opening located in a proximal section of the arcuate body portion, and an aperture dimensioned to receive a tubular member having a lumen, the aperture being located in a first section of the arcuate body portion; a slide member adapted to slide along the arcuate portion between an open position and a closed position, wherein the slide member is movable along the arcuate body portion to compress the tubular member received within the body against the base to obstruct the lumen of the tubular member when the slide member is in the closed position; and wherein the arcuate body portion includes at least one feature which is releasably engagable with a corresponding feature on the slide member to releasably secure the slide member in the closed position.