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Vascular clamp

  • US 7,144,402 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2003
  • Issued: 12/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vascular clamp for temporarily occluding a vessel, the vascular clamp comprising:

  • two jaws;

    two handles having a biasing mechanism positioned therebetween for biasing the handles apart so that a closing force is imparted along the length of the jaws; and

    a pivoting point, comprising parallel plates extending away from each handle and adapted to be slidably engaged within each other, for pivotally connecting the jaws together and adapted for allowing one jaw to be lifted relative and substantially parallel to the other jaw when positioned on a blood vessel so that the closing force is distributed uniformly along the length of the jaws.

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