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Arterial clamp

  • US 4,988,355 A
  • Filed: 01/16/1990
  • Issued: 01/29/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A surgical clamp comprising a pair of arms, each arm being interconnected at one end to one end of the other arm by a flexible, resilient member normally urging said arms apart while maintaining facing surfaces, said resilient member permitting said arms to be moved toward each other until they are generally parallel, a clamping means of resilient material mounted in said arms, said resilient material being softer than the material of said clamping arms, and releasable ratchet means at the opposite end of one of said arms extending toward and being engageable with holding means on the other of said arms, so that when the arms are moved toward each other, the arms can be held in fixed relative positions, said ratchet means including a ratchet body, a flexible tubing mounted to said ratchet body and a guide member extending outwardly at an angle away from the ratchet body toward the clamping means to guide a blood vessel into the clamping means.

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