Patent ID: 8545391

Claim:
A penile prosthesis implantation device comprising: a barrel having a bore defined by an interior wall of the barrel; an obturator having a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end, the second end adapted for slidable insertion into the bore; and a needle clamp at the second end of the obturator comprising: a first pinching member including a proximal end attached to the second end of the obturator, a first pinching surface, and a first deflector portion extending from a distal end of the first pinching member away from the longitudinal axis; and a second pinching member including a proximal end attached to the second end of the obturator, a second pinching surface, and a second deflector portion extending from a distal end of the second pinching member away from the longitudinal axis; wherein the first and second pinching members respectively engage the interior wall of the barrel only with the first and second deflector portions when the needle clamp is retracted within the barrel.