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Device for squeezing and cutting an umbilical cord

  • US 5,697,938 A
  • Filed: 03/19/1996
  • Issued: 12/16/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for squeezing and cutting an umbilical cord, said device comprising:

  • a control clamp having two legs, said two legs being interconnected at a hinge end by a hinge and having free ends at the opposite end, said free ends defining an opening therebetween, one of said two legs including a control part at the free end thereof,a second clamp having two legs, said two legs of said second clamp being interconnected at a hinge end by a hinge and having free ends at the opposite end, said free ends defining an opening therebetween, and said two legs including at the free ends a catch for mutually locking said two legs in a fixed abutment position, anda holder having two opposite wall members, each of said two opposite wall members being provided with two recesses for slidably receiving said two legs of the control clamp and said two legs of the second clamp, respectively, said holder further having a partition wall carrying a knife, said partition wall joining said two opposite wall members, and said knife protruding in one direction from said partition wall into a first interior part of the holder, said partition wall and said knife being arranged in parallel with a longitudinal plane of two recesses and so positioned as to enable the two legs of the control clamp and the two legs of the second clamp to pass on opposite sides of the knife while sliding in their respective recesses and the separation between said opposite wall members being just sufficient to allow the legs of the control clamp and the legs of the second clamp to slide in their respective recesses when the free ends of said legs of each said clamp are squeezed together,wherein squeezing and cutting of the umbilical cord is performed by slidably inserting the hinge ends of the legs of the control clamp and the second clamp into the recesses, respectively, in the first interior part of the holder, inserting the umbilical cord in the opening between the two legs of the control clamp and the second clamp, and pressing together the holder and the control part at the control clamp, pushing the control clamp and the second clamp through the recesses, respectively, to first squeeze the umbilical cord between the legs and subsequently cut the umbilical cord, while passing the partition wall and the knife.

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