Patent ID: 6443958
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A device for clamping and cutting an umbilical cord, said device comprising:a first shell; a second shell movably connected to said first shell; a blade depending from said first shell, said blade having a first side and a second side; a cutting support depending from said second shell; a clamping member depending from said first shell, said clamping member being located on said first side of said blade; and a removable clamp engageable with said first and second shells, said removable clamp being located on said second side of said blade; said device being capable of receiving the umbilical cord adjacent said cutting support; said first and second shells being capable of closing movement such that (a) said clamping member will compress the umbilical cord in cooperation with said second shell on said first side of said blade, (b) said removable clamp will compress the umbilical cord on said second side of said blade, and (c) said blade will sever the umbilical cord in cooperation with said cutting support; said removable clamp being separable from said first and second shells after the umbilical cord is severed.