Hemostat

• US 3,913,586 A
• Filed: 01/28/1974
• Issued: 10/21/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Allied Healthcare Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Carl B. Baumgarten
• Inventors: Baumgarten, Carl B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pace, Channing L.
• Application Number:
  US05/437,064
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 30/254,341,343 128/321,325,346
• US Class Current: 606/205
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/2812 with a single pivotal connection A61B17/29 takes precedence

Abstract

An inexpensive, easily manufactured surgical hemostat comprising a pair of intersecting arms pivotally mounted on a common axis each arm having a plastic coating over its entire length, whereby the functional elements of the hemostat, i.e., the jaws, finger loops and latching means are formed from the plastic and the core provides the requisite strength and resiliency for the arms of the surgical hemostat.

Claims

1. A surgical hemostat comprising a pair of intersecting arms and a pivot means interconnecting said arms for rotating motion about a common axis, said arms each comprising a tempered stamped wire metal core having a handle portion, a jaw portion and a box portion intermediate said handle and jaw portions, said arms each being individually permanently embedded in a plastic shell comprising a finger loop juxtaposed to said handle portion, a gripping surface juxtaposed to said jaw portion, and a latching means on said handle portion on the opposite side of said handle from said finger loop and in substantially the same plane therewith, said gripping surfaces on each jaw being operably opposed and said latching means being operable engagable when said handle portions are rotated toward each other for holding said handle portions in a fixed position, and operably engaging said gripping surfaces.

2. The surgical hemostat according to claim 1 wherein said metal core comprises a substantially straight stainless steel wire.

3. The surgical hemostat according to claim 2 wherein said box has a hole therein.

4. The surgical hemostat according to claim 3 wherein said cores lie in substantially the same plane except for said box portion.

5. The surgical hemostat according to claim 3 wherein said plastic is a tHemoplastic.