Cohesive-adhesive atraumatic clamp
OwnerThomas J. Fogartyinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Replaceable cohesive-adhesive pads are provided for vessel occluding devices of both the tie-on and jaw-clamp types. When applied to an anatomical vessel the pads act collectively with the fibrous surface of the vessel to produce an adherence relationship therewith. The pads are shown secured in place through either sleeve-like connections, or button-headed connector which snap into secure engagement with undercut recesses.
Claims13
A vessel occluding instrument for facilitating the treatment of an anatomical vessel, said instrument comprising:
- an elongated generally rigid body member having top and bottom surfaces;
- resilient pad means secured to the bottom surface of said body member, said resilient pad means comprising a cohesive-adhesive covering sheet for releasably and atraumatically securing said pad means to said vessel, whereby said sheet and said vessel collectively produce an adherence relationship therebetween;
- and clamp means secured to said body member in apposition to the bottom surface thereof to selectively draw said vessel into adherence relationship to the covering sheet of said resilient pad means.
A surgical clamp comprising a pair of opposed jaws operatively connected together for movement towards each other to clamp an anatomical vessel therebetween, at least one of said jaws having resilient pad means secured thereto for engagement with a vessel clamped between the jaws, said pad means having a cohesive-adhesive surface for releasably and atraumatically securing said pad means to a vessel clamped between said jaws whereby said surface and vessel produce an adherence relationship therebetween.
A surgical clamp comprising a pair of jaws connected together for movement towards and away from each other, said jaws having opposed clamping surfaces;
- and resilient pad means secured to said surfaces for engagement with the opposite sides of a anatomical vessel clamped therebetween, said resilient pad means having cohesive-adhesive surfaces for releasably and atraumatically engaging a vessel clamped between said jaws whereby said surfaces produce an adherence relationship with opposite sides of said vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.