Patent ID: 7402164
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for clamping and cutting an umbilical cord, said device comprising: a cutter having a first shell and a second shell movably connected to said first shell; at least one cutting support depending from said second shell; at least one blade depending from said first shell for severing the umbilical cord in cooperation with said at least one cutting support; a first clamping member for compressing the umbilical cord on a first side of said at least one blade in cooperation with said first and second shells; a second clamping member for compressing the umbilical cord on a second side of said at least one blade in cooperation with said first and second shells; wherein at least one of said first and second clamping members comprises a removable clamp that is engageable with and removable from said first and second shells; and a blood collection reservoir.