Patent ID: 6421920
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A clamping and cutting device:a pair of clamps each having a pair of legs joined at a hinge at one end of said legs and said legs being openable apart to receive an object to be clamped and cut, a clamp holder comprising cutting means and means for supporting said clamps side by side with one another with said cutting means between them and for guiding said clamps in a sliding movement within said clamp holder to advance said cutting means between said clamps to cut said object in use whilst compressing the legs of said clamps to clamp said object, said means for supporting said clamps disengaging from at least one of said clamps when the clamps is slid to a predetermined release point with respect to said clamp holder such that the clamp is removable from said clamp holder in two directions each orthogonal to the direction of said sliding movement, and a mutually engageable surface on said clamp for sliding said clamps through said clamp holder to said release point.