Patent ID: 9066721
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A gut clamp comprising: first and second rigid and elongated straight rods, each having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the first rod is shorter than the second rod; first and second flexible and elongated belts, each having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal ends of the first and second belts are fixed to the first and second rods, respectively, and the first belt is fixed to the first rod and the second belt is fixed to the second rod, respectively; a pivot joint at which the first and second rods are joined, wherein the pivot joint is located at the proximal ends of the first and second rods; and at least one through hole made in the first belt, wherein the rods extend longitudinally between the pivot joint and the proximal ends of the belts, by inserting the distal end of the second belt into the through hole, the two rods clip an object by using the pivot joint as a pivot, a distance from the pivot joint to the through hole is approximately the same as the longitudinal length of the second rod, and by inserting a whole of the second belt entirely through the through hole, the distal end of the second rod can be fitted in the through hole and locked to transition the gut clamp from an unclamped position to a clamped position, wherein the distal end of the second belt is tapered so that the second belt is easily inserted in the through hole, and wherein the gut clamp is released from the clamped position by pulling the first belt and deforming the through hole into an oval shape to release the distal end of the second rod from the through hole.