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App. No. 11/768,817

Circumcision Clamp

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App. No.
11/768,817
Abstract

The present invention is a modification of a conventional circumcision clamp that prevents the use of mismatched parts.

Claims (17)

1 . A circumcision clamp comprising:

a plate having a threaded member and a yolk matching device;

a yolk having an arm and a base, wherein the arm includes a bell/stud matching device and the base includes a plate matching device capable of cooperation with the plate yolk matching device;

a bell/stud having a shaft with a yolk matching device capable of cooperation with the yolk bell/stud matching device; and

a nut with internal threads capable of cooperation with the threaded member such that the plate, the yolk, and the bell/stud are secured in place once assembled as a unit,

whereby, the assembled unit will only include matched components.

2 . The clamp according to claim 1 wherein the plate yolk matching device comprises two posts extending substantially perpendicular and substantially vertical from a top surface of the plate, wherein the two posts have different diameters.

3 The clamp according to claim 1 wherein the yolk bell/stud matching device comprises two slots.

4 . The clamp according to claim 1 wherein the yolk plate matching device comprises two slots.

5 . The clamp according to claim 1 wherein the bell/stud yolk matching device comprises the shaft having two diameter s near a distal end of the shaft.

6 . The clamp according to claim 1 wherein the bell/stud yolk matching device comprises a cross member.

7 . The clamp according to claim 2 wherein the yolk plate matching device comprises two slots having widths complimentary to the two posts.

8 . The clamp according to claim 3 wherein the bell/stub yolk matching device comprises the shaft having two diameters near a distal end of the shaft, each diameter being smaller than one complimentary slot of the two slots.

9 . The clamp according to claim 3 wherein the bell/stud yolk matching device comprises a cross member having a thickness and length smaller than at least one of the two slots.

10 . The clamp according to claim 3 wherein the bell/stud yolk matching device comprises two diameters and a cross member formed in a distal end of the shaft, wherein the two diameters have complimentary widths and the cross member has a complimentary width and a complimentary length such that the two diameters and the cross member are received into the two slots.

11 . The clamp according to claim 10 wherein the two diameters have diameters smaller than widths of the two slots.

12 . The clamp according to claim 10 wherein the cross member has a width and a length smaller than a width and a length, respectively, of at least one of the two slots.