Articulatable, rotatable, surgical clamping device

摘要

An articulatable, rotatable, surgical clamping device which includes an upper handle portion connected to a fixed collar which acts on a center spindle element. The center spindle element subtended by a fixed collar slidingly engages clamp extender elements so as to alternately pull them towards each other or apart so as to clamp the clamping elements. The clamp extender elements being separated from the handle elements by a rotatable cuff which allows free rotation between the plane of articulation of the clamp elements and the plane containing the handle portions.