Patent ID: 7749199

Claim:
A catheter clamp comprising a body portion and a clamping means, the body portion comprising catheter location means which defines a passageway, the catheter location means comprising a first location portion which receives a catheter which issues from a patient's skin, a second location portion which causes the catheter to be bent through an arc and a third location portion which guides the catheter to an exit of the clamp, the first, second and third location portions each being provided at a different longitudinal position along the passageway, the arrangement of the clamp being such that in use the clamping means is manually pivotable to adopt a clamping condition in which the clamping portion clamps at least one of that portion of the catheter which is located by the third location portion and that portion of the catheter which is located by the second location portion, characterised in that the third location portion comprises a base that supports the catheter, and further comprises side walls which flank the catheter, the side walls being spaced at substantially the external diameter of the catheter so as to form a close-fitting pathway, and the clamping means arranged to cause deformation of the cross-section of the catheter in the close fitting pathway when in the clamping condition.