Patent ID: 8801677

Claim:
A medical clamp assembly comprising: a unitary body forming generally a complete rectangle having rounded corners, the unitary body having, a top portion, a bottom portion, a spring portion and an engagement portion; the top portion having a outside surface, a inside surface, a first end attached to the spring portion and a second free end; the bottom portion having a outside surface, a inside surface, a first end attached to the spring portion and a second end attached to the engagement portion; the engagement portion having a outside surface, a inside surface, a first end attached to the bottom portion and a second free end; the free end of the top portion formed as a semi-circle having a central axis perpendicular to the outside surface and having a front edge tapered from the inside surface to the outside surface; the inside surface of the free end of the engagement portion having an engagement slot formed as a semi-circle reciprocal to the semi-circle of the free end of the top portion; a plurality of transverse engagement grooves formed inside of the engagement slot, and; the engagement grooves formed to releasably engage the front edge of the free end of the top portion.