Patent ID: 9204883
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A clamp comprising: a first leg and a second leg, the first and second legs having a first end and a second end; a biasing means secured to the second ends of the first and second legs, the biasing means acting to hold the first ends of the first and second legs in a spaced apart relationship; a locking means positioned on the first end of the first leg, the locking means having a rotatable locking flange, the rotatable locking flange is positioned on a cylinder that is rotatably mounted on the first end of the first leg, the locking flange having an angled surface on an end of the locking flange that is spaced apart from the cylinder; a resilient projection positioned on the first end of the second leg, the projection has a slot that is disposed to engage the locking flange of the locking means, the projection extending from the first end of the second leg in a direction towards the locking means, the slot on the projection being disposed to be in alignment with the locking flange of the locking means when the first end of the second leg is advanced to a position adjacent the first end of the first leg; the rotatable locking flange being rotatable to engage and disengage the projection, the angled surface being disposed to engage and displace the projection to allow the slot to align with the locking flange.