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US 4,211,380 AGranted
Universal hospital bracket
AssigneeBaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsThomas R. Lillegard, Richard A. Rollins, Ronald C. Stauber
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AssigneeBaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsThomas R. Lillegard, Richard A. Rollins, Ronald C. Stauber
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There is disclosed herein a universal clamp assembly for use in supporting and grasping medical appliances. The assembly includes a housing having means at one end for securing the assembly to a pole or other support. A pair of replaceable opposed arms extend outwardly from the other end of the housing and define a jaw for grasping the appliance. Each of the arms includes pivot means for pivotally securing the arms to the housing and permitting the arms to be moved between open and closed positions. Biasing means are positioned in the housing to cooperate with the arms to resiliently bias the arms toward a closed or grasping position which gives the jaws a snap action. The arms and biasing means are mounted for rotation about the longitudinal axis of the housing so as to permit positioning of the appliances at various attitudes which is desirable in debubbling a dialyzer. Furthermore, each of the arms is replaceable so as to permit use of the assembly with various types of appliances. An interlocking bracket and auxiliary clamp construction is also provided for securing auxiliary appliances to the universal clamp assembly. The bracket includes a pair of outwardly diverging ear-like members having shaped outer surfaces. The clamp includes a connector end having a pair of converging ears which are shaped for mating and releasable engagement with said bracket ears.
A universal clamp assembly for use in supporting and grasping a medical appliance which includes:
A universal clamp assembly for use in supporting and grasping a medical appliance which includes:
A universal clamp assembly for use in supporting and grasping a medical appliance which includes:
An interlocking bracket and clamp construction for removably securing a clamp to a bracket, (a) said bracket including a pair of outwardly extending and diverging ear-like members, each having a shaped outer surface, and each of said surfaces being an inverted mirror image of the other, with one of said surfaces shaped to provide a step and the other surface having an undercut and (b) said clamp having at one end a connector which includes a pair of outwardly extending and converging ears, each of said ears having inner surfaces for mating engagement with said bracket surfaces and for releasable securement to said bracket ears whereby said clamp and bracket may be secured to one another in a first attitude or in attitudes in which the relative positions of said bracket and clamp are reversed with respect to each other.
An interlocking bracket and clamp construction for removably securing a clamp to a bracket, (a) said bracket including a pair of outwardly extending and diverging ear-like members, each having a shaped outer surface, and each of said surfaces being an inverted mirror image of the other, with one of said surfaces shaped to provide a step and the other surface having an undercut and (b) said clamp having at one end a connector which includes a pair of outwardly extending and converging ears, each of said ears having inner surfaces for mating engagement with said bracket surfaces and for releasable securement to said bracket ears and wherein one of said clamp ear surfaces includes means defining a step as is adapted to matingly engage the bracket ear surface which includes an undercut, and the other of said clamp ear surfaces including means defining a shoulder with an undercut so that said other bracket surface is matingly engageable with said one surface with said step, so that the respective and mating undercuts oppose each other in a manner to releasably secure said clamp to said bracket.
A universal clamp assembly for use in supporting and grasping a medical appliance which includes:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.