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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
May. 01, 1995
Sean A Allen, El Segundo, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A disposal device for clamping, cutting and taking blood samples from an unbilical cord of a newly born infant. When the device is closed around an umbilical cord the cord is compressed and two separate pairs of clamping jaws are locked onto the cord. Further compression of the device severs the cord between two clamps and ejects the clamp which retains the infant's end of the unbilical cord. The jaws holding the mother's end of the cord can be opened enough to allow blood samples to be taken while still holding the cord firmly. The present invention comprises a double jaw clamping mechanism which incorporates a releasable locking means, a double jaw fetal end cord clamp which separates from the body of the device and remains locked to the fetal end of the cord, and a hinged holder containing a blade for severing the cord.