Patent ID: 7879044

Claim:
A circumcision system for removing excess foreskin from the neonatal penis comprising: a housing having a through bore; a radial clamping device having a plurality of longitudinal clamping arms, at least a portion of said radial clamping device being disposed within said bore of said housing; a axial cutting device having axially oriented blade, said axial cutting device being fixedly attached to said housing within said bore, said axial cutting device having a cutting edge; a ring component having a clamping surface adapted to engage said plurality of longitudinal clamping arms and a cutting surface adapted to engage said axially oriented blade; an actuation mechanism being operably connected to said plurality of longitudinal clamping arms to radially translate said plurality of longitudinal clamping arms inward to clamp said ring component; and said actuation mechanism being operably connected to said axial cutting device to axially translate said cutting edge relative to said clamped ring component to cut the excess foreskin.