Inventors:
Mohammed S. Jahanger - Turnersville NJ
International Classification:
A61B 1742
Abstract:
An umbilical cord cutting and clamping device includes a pair of opposed jaws with a blade mounted in one jaw, and the other jaw has teeth spaced along the inner surface for grasping the umbilical cord. The jaw carrying the blade include two grasping teeth on each side of the blade and at its inner end, so that the upper surface can be smoothly cut as the device is closed secondary to flattening the cord.