Surgical instrumentation for blood vessels
First Claim
1. A surgical instrumentation assembly of the type primarily designed for the positioning of open ends of blood vessel sections in aligned relation to one another, said assembly comprising:
- (a) a clamp assembly including at least one clamp each comprising two substantially elongated arms movably secured to one another,(b) a fulcrum structure mounted on said one clamp and disposed intermediate opposite ends of said two arms and interconnected thereto and structured to define a pivotal connection between said two arms,(c) said one clamp structured to include a positioning means at least partially mounted on each of said two arms adjacent a first of said opposite ends thereof and structured for holding and positioning a vessel section,(d) said positioning means of each clamp including at least one gripping structure defined by a gripping surface integrally formed on an inner surface of each arm, said gripping surfaces of each clamp disposed in aligned relation to one another and cooperatively configured to engage an exterior surface of the respective blood vessel sections associated with each clamp,(e) securement means interconnected between two of said clamps and disposed and structured for placement of said two clamps in spaced, adjacent and communicating relation to one another,(f) said positioning means of said one clamp structured and disposed in substantially aligned relation to one another of said clamps when interconnected by said securement means and said gripping surfaces of each clamp structure terminating in an outer end and an inner end disposed on opposite longitudinal sides of said respective clamp structure, and(h) whereby open attachable ends of the vessel sections on each one clamp are oriented to extend outwardly from said inner end of each positioning means into engageable relation with one another.
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Abstract
Surgical instrumentation in the form of a clamp assembly specifically structured to position and maintain sections of blood vessels, including both veins and arteries, in a preferred surgical orientation such that open ends of the vessel sections are substantially adjacently positioned relative to one another and properly exposed and oriented so that such section ends may be sutured or otherwise secured together. The clamp assembly is structured such that vessel sections to be attached are adjustably positionable so that placement of the section ends may be adjusted and changed to insure proper relative positioning to one another in a preferred exposed position for attachment.
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47 Claims
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1. A surgical instrumentation assembly of the type primarily designed for the positioning of open ends of blood vessel sections in aligned relation to one another, said assembly comprising:
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(a) a clamp assembly including at least one clamp each comprising two substantially elongated arms movably secured to one another, (b) a fulcrum structure mounted on said one clamp and disposed intermediate opposite ends of said two arms and interconnected thereto and structured to define a pivotal connection between said two arms, (c) said one clamp structured to include a positioning means at least partially mounted on each of said two arms adjacent a first of said opposite ends thereof and structured for holding and positioning a vessel section, (d) said positioning means of each clamp including at least one gripping structure defined by a gripping surface integrally formed on an inner surface of each arm, said gripping surfaces of each clamp disposed in aligned relation to one another and cooperatively configured to engage an exterior surface of the respective blood vessel sections associated with each clamp, (e) securement means interconnected between two of said clamps and disposed and structured for placement of said two clamps in spaced, adjacent and communicating relation to one another, (f) said positioning means of said one clamp structured and disposed in substantially aligned relation to one another of said clamps when interconnected by said securement means and said gripping surfaces of each clamp structure terminating in an outer end and an inner end disposed on opposite longitudinal sides of said respective clamp structure, and (h) whereby open attachable ends of the vessel sections on each one clamp are oriented to extend outwardly from said inner end of each positioning means into engageable relation with one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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- 38. An assembly as in claim 38 wherein said connecting means comprises a plurality of connectors at least equal in number to said posts and extending outwardly from respective ones of said posts into attachment with the end portion of the vessel section, said plurality of connectors engaging the end portions at a plurality of spaced locations about the end portions.
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