Baxter International Inc.

O.b. Tech, Inc.

Utah Medical Products Inc.

Balagan Medical Inc.

501 Baxter International, Inc.

Stephen R Hessel

Michael Katz

H Theodore Young

Kelly A Pike

A clamping device for securing a pair of clamps to the umbilical cord of a newly born infant includes pressure plates to remove blood from the section of the cord between the clamps. Thus, there is a greatly reduced risk of infection from blood squirting out upon the cutting of the cord during delivery of the infant.

Umbilical cord clamping device

There is disclosed herein a device for clamping and cutting an umbilical cord so as to enable blood samples from the umbilical cord to be collected and/or tested. The device provides for the clamping of a severed end of an umbilical cord and the automatic ejection of that clamped end. The device also provides for the cutting of an umbilical cord without using excessive force regardless of the size of the umbilical cord. Additionally, the device provides for the valved use of vacuum tubes to collect umbilical cord blood samples. Furthermore, the device enables the measurement of blood values at the moment of cutting the umbilical cord. Finally, the device also provides for the protection of users and others from exposure to sharps and blood.

Umbiblical cord clamping, cutting, and blood collecting device and method

Umbilical cord clamping, cutting, and blood collecting device and method

Disclosed is an elastomeric bladder infusion pump which may be used for delivering a pharmaceutically active material to a patient at a substantially constant flow rate. A unitary internal stress member or mandrel is disposed within the bladder, prestressing the bladder in both the axial and radial dimensions.

Pressurized fluid dispenser

There is disclosed herein a device and method for clamping and cutting an umbilical cord so as to enable blood samples to be collected. Clamps are provided as either part of the device or separate therefrom to clamp off a section of the umbilical cord for the cutting and sampling process. The device includes a housing which accommodates vials for receiving the blood samples.

Cord cutter sampler

Disclosed is a variable fluid flow controller for regulating the rate of flow from a source of fluid under pressure, comprising a plurality of unique flow restriction passagways, a valve associated with each passageway, and a rotatable cam for selectively opening any one of the valves while maintaining the remaining valves closed. The flow restriction passageway preferably comprises a channel etched on the surface of a first silicon wafer and enclosed by a second wafer to form a fluid flow passageway, one of the first or second wafers having a plurality of apertures therethrough for intersecting the passageway at various distances along its length.

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Fountain Valley, CA, United States of America

Stephen R Hessel