Band clamp, band clamp assembly and methods of use thereof
A band clamp including a housing; a screw that extends through a top surface of the housing and into a cavity defined by the housing; a band opening located within the housing and configured and dimensioned to receive a band; an inserter opening located within the housing and configured and dimensioned to receive an inserter; and an anvil located within the cavity of the housing is disclosed. A band clamp assembly, an inserter, and an inserter assembly is also disclosed. A method of inserting a band clamp is also disclosed.
1. A band clamp comprising:
a housing;
a screw that extends through a top surface of the housing and into a cavity defined by the housing;
a band opening located within the housing and configured and dimensioned to receive a band;
an enclosed inserter opening extending through a surface of the housing into the cavity defined by the housing and configured and dimensioned to receive an inserter; and
an anvil located within the cavity of the housing,
wherein the screw is configured to be advanced in a first direction to push the anvil in the first direction to abut the band.
2. The band clamp of claim 1 , wherein the band opening is located on a different surface of the housing than the inserter opening.
3. The band clamp of claim 1 , wherein the band opening extends from a side surface to a bottom surface of the housing.
4. The band clamp of claim 1 , wherein the band opening is two band openings located opposite from each other on the housing.
5. The band clamp of claim 1 , wherein the inserter opening is two inserter openings located on opposite side surfaces from each other on the housing.
6. The band clamp of claim 1 , wherein the band opening is three band openings, wherein one of the band openings is located on a bottom surface of the housing and two of the band openings are located on opposite side surface of the housing.
7. The band clamp of claim 1 , wherein the screw includes a foot configured and adapted to engage with the anvil.
8. The band clamp of claim 1 , wherein a ledge is located on a bottom surface of the cavity.
9. The band clamp of claim 8 , wherein the ledge is located between two band openings.
10. The band clamp of claim 1 , wherein the screw is configured to be advanced toward a face of the band.
11. The band clamp of claim 1 , wherein the screw is configured to be advanced along an axis and the band intersects the axis while the screw is being advanced.
12. A band clamp assembly, comprising:
the band clamp of claim 1 ; and
a band.
13. A band clamp comprising:
a housing;
a screw that extends through a top surface of the housing and into a cavity defined by the housing;
a band opening located within the housing and configured and dimensioned to receive a band;
an inserter opening extending through a surface of the housing into the cavity defined by the housing and configured and dimensioned to receive an inserter, wherein the housing defines a perimeter of the inserter opening extending around an entirety of the inserter opening; and
an anvil located within the cavity of the housing,
wherein the screw is configured to be advanced in a first direction to push the anvil in the first direction to abut the band.