Vascular surgical clamp for holding and guiding guide wire on a sterile field

摘要

A cardiovascular surgical clamp used for retaining, identifying and positioning surgical wire for patients on a sterile field without wire injury. Opposing members with opposing recessed surfaces and back end portions are provided having removable compressible inserts with large flat matching surface areas inserted into the recesses of opposing members. The opposing members have spring/s located between them for driving them together and for manually opening them apart and have hinges formed on projecting struts for allowing simultaneous contact of the large flat matching surface areas of the removable compressible inserts for frictional engagement of wire without injury. The projecting struts of the opposing members provide guide wire surfaces proximate where hinges are formed for guiding wire there through. The opposing members and the projecting struts are moved from a closed to open position and back by compression or release of back end portions of the opposing members.

主权项

1. A surgical clamp for use on a sterile surgical field during surgery for retaining, locating and guiding coils of surgical wire or individual wires used in surgery for patients without injury or crimping of the wire or wires comprising:
a. a first member having a recessed surface on a front and an elevated flat surface on the top opposite a recessed surface side and struts projecting from said recessed surface side of said first member having apertures therein and a back end portion of said first member projecting behind said projecting struts, b. a second member, facing said recessed surface of said first member, having a recessed surface on a front and an elevated flat surface on the top opposite said recessed surface side and struts projecting from said recessed surface side of said second member having apertures therein and a back end portion of said second member projecting behind said projecting struts, c. a first removable compressible insert for insertion into said recessed surface of said first member having a frictional surface with a relative large flat surface area which extends above said recessed surface area of said first member after being inserted into said recessed surface on said first member, d. a second removable compressible insert for insertion into said recessed surface of said second member having a frictional surface with a relatively large flat surface area which matches and meets at said relative large flat surface area of said first removable insert which extends above said recessed surface area of said second member after being inserted into said recessed surface on said second member, e. a resilient member positioned between said first and second members for driving said first and second removable compressible inserts together when inserted in said recessed surfaces of said first and second members and f. a hinge member formed at said apertures of said projecting struts when said apertures of said struts of said first and second members are aligned for allowing full and even contact of said relatively large flat surface areas of said first and second removable compressible inserts and for allowing substantially simultaneous contact with each other for frictional engagement of wire or wires without compression injury or crimping of said wire or wires and for allowing said first and second members to be articulated against said resilient member from a closed to open position and back by compression or release of said back end portions of said first and second members projecting behind said projecting struts.