Patent ID: 7815613
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A catheter clamp comprising: a body having: a first portion having a first top face sized to retain at least one catheter thereon and having a catheter-engaging surface; a second portion having a second top face sized to retain at least one catheter thereon and having a catheter-engaging surface; a hinge connecting the first portion and the second portion, such that the first portion is disposable to face toward the second portion when the first portion is pivoted about the hinge toward the second portion and such that the at least one catheter is frictionally engageable by and retainable between the first and second top faces in a nondamaging manner; a locking member for releasably locking a free end portion of the first portion to the second portion upon the first and second portions being relatively pivoted together about the at least one catheter; and at least one of the first and second top faces further comprises, prior to engaging the at least one catheter, a recessed area disposed between the hinge and the locking member and extending between the catheter-engaging surfaces thereby spacing them apart and defining at least one catheter-receiving channel extending across the width of the first and second top faces, wherein the recessed area is sized to accept the at least one catheter.