Patent ID: 7087070

Claim:
Multifunctional clamp for medical use by a practitioner, comprising: a practitioner gripping region ( 1 ); and two jaws ( 7 , 8 ) pivotally articulated and controlled by the practitioner from the gripping region ( 1 ), each jaw ( 7 , 8 ) comprising, on an internal surface, a recess ( 11 , 12 ) such that the two recesses ( 11 , 12 ) form a hollow volume when the jaws ( 7 , 8 ) are together, each jaw ( 7 , 8 ) comprising, on the internal surface, two series of transverse striations ( 13 , 14 ) formed on opposite sides of the recess ( 11 , 12 ) in the direction of the longitudinal axis ( 15 , 16 ) of the jaw ( 7 , 8 ), said series of striations ( 13 , 14 ) being complementary so as to interfit when the jaws ( 7 , 8 ) are together, each jaw ( 7 , 8 ) comprising at least two claws ( 9 , 10 ) at a distal end of the jaw, each claw oriented toward another claw ( 9 , 10 ) on another jaw and interfitting with the another claw in the closed position, and the recesses ( 11 , 12 ) having symmetrical openings with edges that contact with each other when the jaws ( 7 , 8 ) are together.