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Laparoscopic surgical clamp

  • US 5,776,146 A
  • Filed: 07/03/1996
  • Issued: 07/07/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical clamp, comprising:

  • a first jaw having a proximal end and a distal end, the first jaw having a first fixed set of teeth located near the proximal end of the first jaw;

    a second jaw having a proximal end and a distal end, the second jaw having a second fixed set of teeth located near the proximal end of the second jaw;

    at least the first jaw being movable between a first position wherein the first set of teeth are spaced from the second set of teeth, and a second position wherein the first set of teeth mesh with the second set of teeth; and

    at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw being movable when the first jaw is in the second position, between an open state wherein the distal end of the first jaw is spaced from the distal end of the second jaw to accept a body conduit, and a closed state wherein the distal end of the first jaw is proximate to the distal end of the second jaw to at least partially occlude the body conduit.

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