Epidural needle having cannula clamp
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1. A clamping device for frictionally securing a smooth surface cannula along its length without occluding said cannula for axial adjustment and for retaining the cannula in the hub of an epidural needle comprising:
- an epidural needle, an elongated open-ended, hollow cylindrical housing connected to the hub of the epidural needle for receiving said cannula axially therein, said housing having a housing wall with a pair of diametrically opposed openings fumed transversely therein, a clip having a pair of opposed flexible arms joined at one end by a shank defining a tapered slot therebetween inserted in snug-fitting relation through the openings formed in the housing wall perpendicular to the cannula within the housing whereby the cannula is loosely received for sliding engagement between the opposed arms or the clip upon retraction of the clip within the housing and whereby the cannula is frictionally gripped by the opposed arms upon extension of the clip within the housing, said clip shank having a head at one end with a diameter greater than the diameter of the holes and the opposed flexible arms having barbed tips at the distal cads thereof cooperating with the housing wall whereby the clip can move freely transversely within the housing between the said head and said barbed tips while being restrained from removal from the housing.
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Abstract
A clamping device is disclosed for securing a cannula in an epidural needle. The clamping device comprises a cylindrical housing seated in an epidural needle, the housing having a pair of diametrically opposed openings in which the arms of a clip are inserted to loosely receive the cannula or engage the cannula as desired.
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1. A clamping device for frictionally securing a smooth surface cannula along its length without occluding said cannula for axial adjustment and for retaining the cannula in the hub of an epidural needle comprising:
- an epidural needle, an elongated open-ended, hollow cylindrical housing connected to the hub of the epidural needle for receiving said cannula axially therein, said housing having a housing wall with a pair of diametrically opposed openings fumed transversely therein, a clip having a pair of opposed flexible arms joined at one end by a shank defining a tapered slot therebetween inserted in snug-fitting relation through the openings formed in the housing wall perpendicular to the cannula within the housing whereby the cannula is loosely received for sliding engagement between the opposed arms or the clip upon retraction of the clip within the housing and whereby the cannula is frictionally gripped by the opposed arms upon extension of the clip within the housing, said clip shank having a head at one end with a diameter greater than the diameter of the holes and the opposed flexible arms having barbed tips at the distal cads thereof cooperating with the housing wall whereby the clip can move freely transversely within the housing between the said head and said barbed tips while being restrained from removal from the housing.
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