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US2577012A US104832A US10483249A US2577012A US 2577012 A US2577012 A US 2577012A US 104832 A US104832 A US 104832A US 10483249 A US10483249 A US 10483249A US 2577012 A US2577012 A US 2577012A
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  • This invention relates to a surgical clamp tool whereby surgical clamps may be quickly and effectively placed by the surgeon to close an incision.
  • An object of our invention is to provide a novel surgical clamp tool which contains a plurality of surgical clamps and effectively dispenses them one at a time, the tool holding each clamp as it is mov-ed out of the magazine, and then compresses this Vclamp to close the incision.
  • surgical clamps have been difficult to handle by the surgeon, and required that he pick each one up with a forceps like tool and then carry4 the clamp to the patient and insert it oneach side of the incision. This meant that frequently ⁇ vention may appear from the accompanying drawing, th-e subjoined detailed description and the appended claims.
  • Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of our surgical clamp tool.
  • Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line '2-2 of Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a top plan view of a surgical clamp.
  • Figure 4 is a front elevation of the same.
  • Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 5--5 of Figure 1.
  • our surgical clamp tool is adapted to hold, dispense and compress surgical clamps I, which consists of a band of metal formed with a loopl 2 on each end, and with a barb 3 on each endand on the bottom, the barb being forced intothe skin, and when the clamp is pressed together, these barbs bite into the skin and serve to close the incision.
  • the natural stiffness of the metal will serve to hold the incision closed.
  • the construction of the clamp is usual and well known in the medical profession.
  • Our tool consists of a barrel or magazine4 in which a rail 5 is provided, upon which the Vclamps I are racked.
  • the rail 5 is preferablyigedly mounted in the wall of the magazinel and extends longitudinally of this magazine.
  • a rider B on the rail is urged forwardly by the spring 'I, surrounding the rail 5, and this rider engages the innermost clamp, and thus presses all of the clamps towards the outer or discharge end of the tool.
  • a vhead 8 is formed on the outer end of the magazin-e 4 and this head is provided with a 1ongitudinal opening 9.
  • a lever I! is pivotally mounted on the rear end of the magazine 4 as shown at II.
  • a pair of fingers I2-I3 are pivotally attached to the forward end of the lever Iil, and this pivot is sufficiently loose to permit inward movement of the ngers.
  • Each of the fingers is provided with a hook I4 at its lower end, which lts the ring 2 and serves to grasp and hold the clamp as it is moved out of the magazine 4 on downward movement of the lever Il).
  • cams I5-I6 are formed which are engaged by the shank of the vlingers I2-I3, thus pressing these fingers inwardly to cause the hooks I4 to engage and hold' the rings 2 of the clamps I.
  • the cams I5-I6 are preferably integrally formed with the head 8 and project inwardly from the wall of the said head.
  • a door I8 is horizontally mounted on the bottom of themagazine 4.
  • a hinge I9 is at the rear of the magazine and the forward end of this door snaps into the head 8, that is, the head is recessed to receive the forward end of the door with a snap or pressure fit.
  • the surgeon picks up the tool loaded with clamps and places one clamp after another by merely depressing the lever I0. This can be done with one hand and can be quickly and easily accomplished without danger of dropping l5 or losing a clamp, and further, without having to reach some distance in order to pick up one clamp at a time.
  • the head 8 of the tool may be arranged at an angle to the magazine 4, thus making it easier for the surgeon to use the tool, and still place the bottom of the head flat against the patient.
  • a surgical Vclamp tool comprisingan elongated .magazine said 'magazine rbeing adapted and arranged to receive a plurality of clamps placed side by side, ejecting means adapted to engage and eject said clamps one at a time, said ejecting means comprising a pair of fingers Apositioned at one end of the magazine, manually operable means mounting said fingers .for re-v ciprocal movement over the Yend vof .the .magazine, means engageable by the 'iingers"tourge said lingers inwardly to grasp a clamp 2as-said lingers are moved over the end of the magazine.
  • .A .surgical v clamp tool Vcomprising an .elongated magazine, said magazine being adapted and arranged Vto freceive -a plurality .of clamps placed side by side, ejecting means adapted to :engage-andejectsaid clamps one at a time,said ejecting means'comprising a vpair of fingers Apo .'sitioned at one end of the magazine, rmanually @operable means mounting :said Ylingers for rev.ciprocal movement rover the vend of the magaezine, a-carnimeans engageable by thelngers to urge saidziingers inwardly to grasp a clamp as .saidfiingers are moved .over the end ofthe magazine.
  • a surgical clamp tool comprising an elon- A.gated -magazine, said vm-agazine :being adapted and arranged to ⁇ receive aplurality of clamps placed Yside by side, :ejecting means :adapted to lengageand'ejectsaidclampsone at a time, said ejecting means comprising apair of fingers po- -sitioned atone end of the magazine, -manually :operable means mounting .said liingers for ⁇ re ⁇ ciprocalmovement over-the-end of the magazine, 'means engageable by lthe "fingers to urge Vsaid llingers inwardly to grasp a clamp assaid lingers :are ⁇ moved over ⁇ the :end of the magazine, and a curved fclaw yformedron the lower endof eachzof :said iingers, Isaid claw :engaging the side of the fclam
  • a surgical clamp tool comprising an elongated magazine, said magazine being adapted and arranged to receive a plurality of clamps placed side by side, ejecting means adapted to engage and eject said clamps one at a time, said ejecting means comprising a pair of fingers positioned at one end of the magazine, a head at the end of said magazine ⁇ in which said ngers are mounted, manually operable means mounted on the magazine, means securing said lingers to .said manually operable means, a cam in said head engageable by each of the fingers to urge ,theriingers inwardly to grasp a clamp as the iingers .are depressed.
  • Asurgical clamp tool comprising an elongated magazine, said magazine being adapted iandf'arrangei "to receive a plurality of clamps placed ⁇ side by side, ejecting means adapted to engage and eject said clamps one at a time, said ejecting means comprising a pair of ngerspozs'itioned ⁇ at one end Aof ⁇ themagazine, a head at fthe end of said magazine in which said 'fingers "are'mounted, manually operable means mounted on the magazine, means securing said ngers'to 'said manually operable means, a cam in said head engageableby -each of the ingers 'tourge the lingers inwardly to grasp a.

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DM 4, 1951 H. A. HlNc-KLEY ET A1.' l 2,577,912
, SURGICAL cLAMPvTooL Filed July 15, 1949 iVm/mes. fla/MM wmf/Hi @fd MVM/ Patented Dec. 4, 1951 SURGICAL CLAMP TOOL Harold A. Hinckley and Roe C. Hawkins, Long Beach, Calif.
Application July 15, 1949, Serial No. 104,832
Claims. (Cl. 1-49.1)
This invention relates to a surgical clamp tool whereby surgical clamps may be quickly and effectively placed by the surgeon to close an incision.
An object of our invention is to provide a novel surgical clamp tool which contains a plurality of surgical clamps and effectively dispenses them one at a time, the tool holding each clamp as it is mov-ed out of the magazine, and then compresses this Vclamp to close the incision. Heretofore, surgical clamps have been difficult to handle by the surgeon, and required that he pick each one up with a forceps like tool and then carry4 the clamp to the patient and insert it oneach side of the incision. This meant that frequently` vention may appear from the accompanying drawing, th-e subjoined detailed description and the appended claims.
In the drawing: Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of our surgical clamp tool.
Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line '2-2 of Figure 1. I
Figure 3 is a top plan view of a surgical clamp. Figure 4 is a front elevation of the same.
`and
Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 5--5 of Figure 1.
Referring more particularly to the drawing, our surgical clamp tool is adapted to hold, dispense and compress surgical clamps I, which consists of a band of metal formed with a loopl 2 on each end, and with a barb 3 on each endand on the bottom, the barb being forced intothe skin, and when the clamp is pressed together, these barbs bite into the skin and serve to close the incision. The natural stiffness of the metal will serve to hold the incision closed. The construction of the clamp is usual and well known in the medical profession.
Our tool consists of a barrel or magazine4 in which a rail 5 is provided, upon which the Vclamps I are racked. The rail 5 is preferablyigedly mounted in the wall of the magazinel and extends longitudinally of this magazine. A rider B on the rail is urged forwardly by the spring 'I, surrounding the rail 5, and this rider engages the innermost clamp, and thus presses all of the clamps towards the outer or discharge end of the tool.
A vhead 8 is formed on the outer end of the magazin-e 4 and this head is provided with a 1ongitudinal opening 9. A lever I!) is pivotally mounted on the rear end of the magazine 4 as shown at II. A pair of fingers I2-I3 are pivotally attached to the forward end of the lever Iil, and this pivot is sufficiently loose to permit inward movement of the ngers. Each of the fingers is provided with a hook I4 at its lower end, which lts the ring 2 and serves to grasp and hold the clamp as it is moved out of the magazine 4 on downward movement of the lever Il).
Within the opening 9 a pair of cams I5-I6 are formed which are engaged by the shank of the vlingers I2-I3, thus pressing these fingers inwardly to cause the hooks I4 to engage and hold' the rings 2 of the clamps I. The cams I5-I6 are preferably integrally formed with the head 8 and project inwardly from the wall of the said head. Thus, as the lever I0 is moved downwardly, the clamp I'is iirst securely grasped by the hooks I4; the surgeon then places the barbs 3.on each side of the incision and then on further downward movement of the lever I0, the
rcurved portion I'I of each of the fingers I2 and I3 enters the opening 9, and causes the fingers I2 and I3 to move inwardly a further amount, thus compressing the clamp I and closing the incision, as well as the bending of this clamp so that the incision will be held in a closed position. A door I8 is horizontally mounted on the bottom of themagazine 4. A hinge I9 is at the rear of the magazine and the forward end of this door snaps into the head 8, that is, the head is recessed to receive the forward end of the door with a snap or pressure fit. To rack the clamps, it is only necessary to swing the door I8 downwardly and then hold the rider 6 back against the tension of the spring 1, and then the clamps can be slid on to the rail 5, one at a time, until the rail is completely lled. This rail terminates just short of the opening S in the head 8 and the clamp about to be ejected is held into position by the pressure of the spring 1 against the adjacent clamps which are racked on the rail 5.
In use, the surgeon picks up the tool loaded with clamps and places one clamp after another by merely depressing the lever I0. This can be done with one hand and can be quickly and easily accomplished without danger of dropping l5 or losing a clamp, and further, without having to reach some distance in order to pick up one clamp at a time. If desired, the head 8 of the tool may be arranged at an angle to the magazine 4, thus making it easier for the surgeon to use the tool, and still place the bottom of the head flat against the patient.
Having described our invention, we claim:
1. A surgical Vclamp tool comprisingan elongated .magazine said 'magazine rbeing adapted and arranged to receive a plurality of clamps placed side by side, ejecting means adapted to engage and eject said clamps one at a time, said ejecting means comprising a pair of fingers Apositioned at one end of the magazine, manually operable means mounting said fingers .for re-v ciprocal movement over the Yend vof .the .magazine, means engageable by the 'iingers"tourge said lingers inwardly to grasp a clamp 2as-said lingers are moved over the end of the magazine.
22. .A .surgical v clamp tool Vcomprising an .elongated magazine, said magazine being adapted and arranged Vto freceive -a plurality .of clamps placed side by side, ejecting means adapted to :engage-andejectsaid clamps one at a time,said ejecting means'comprising a vpair of fingers Apo .'sitioned at one end of the magazine, rmanually @operable means mounting :said Ylingers for rev.ciprocal movement rover the vend of the magaezine, a-carnimeans engageable by thelngers to urge saidziingers inwardly to grasp a clamp as .saidfiingers are moved .over the end ofthe magazine.
A surgical clamp tool comprising an elon- A.gated -magazine, said vm-agazine :being adapted and arranged to `receive aplurality of clamps placed Yside by side, :ejecting means :adapted to lengageand'ejectsaidclampsone at a time, said ejecting means comprising apair of fingers po- -sitioned atone end of the magazine, -manually :operable means mounting .said liingers for `re `ciprocalmovement over-the-end of the magazine, 'means engageable by lthe "fingers to urge Vsaid llingers inwardly to grasp a clamp assaid lingers :are `moved over `the :end of the magazine, and a curved fclaw yformedron the lower endof eachzof :said iingers, Isaid claw :engaging the side of the fclamps to -holdfthe sameandto move-said-clamps :into :a nal fadvancedpostion.
4. A surgical clamp tool comprising an elongated magazine, said magazine being adapted and arranged to receive a plurality of clamps placed side by side, ejecting means adapted to engage and eject said clamps one at a time, said ejecting means comprising a pair of fingers positioned at one end of the magazine, a head at the end of said magazine `in which said ngers are mounted, manually operable means mounted on the magazine, means securing said lingers to .said manually operable means, a cam in said head engageable by each of the fingers to urge ,theriingers inwardly to grasp a clamp as the iingers .are depressed.
i5. Asurgical clamp tool comprising an elongated magazine, said magazine being adapted iandf'arrangei "to receive a plurality of clamps placed `side by side, ejecting means adapted to engage and eject said clamps one at a time, said ejecting means comprising a pair of ngerspozs'itioned `at one end Aof `themagazine, a head at fthe end of said magazine in which said 'fingers "are'mounted, manually operable means mounted on the magazine, means securing said ngers'to 'said manually operable means, a cam in said head engageableby -each of the ingers 'tourge the lingers inwardly to grasp a. clamp Vas the iingers arerdepressed, and a cam on each ofthe lingers, said latter cams being engageable 'with the head whereby -the iingers are pressed inwardly to compress `the clamp on downward movement of said'ngers.
HAROLD A. HINCKLEY.
ROEVC. HAWKINS.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent.:
UNITED STATES .PATENTS Number Name lDate 1,452,373 'Gomez Apr. 17, '1923 '15514259 Peters `Nov. y'4, '1924 '23592574 'Maskre-y Oct. v3, 1944 FOREIGN .PATENTS Number Country Date 581,165 Germany July '22, i933
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US3231976A (en) * 1962-07-05 1966-02-01 Wallshein Melvin Orthodontist's tool to dispense and apply wire teeth separators
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US1514259A (en) * 1923-01-25 1924-11-04 Peters Gustav Surgical implement for applying clips to wounds
DE581165C (en) * 1930-04-16 1933-07-22 Feinmechanik G M B H Device for applying wound clips
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US2789288A (en) * 1952-11-24 1957-04-23 Technical Oil Tool Corp Magazine type wound clip applicator
US3231976A (en) * 1962-07-05 1966-02-01 Wallshein Melvin Orthodontist's tool to dispense and apply wire teeth separators
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US4868976A (en) * 1988-03-07 1989-09-26 Schiller Sr Valerian J Splicer tool
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