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BULLDOG CLAMP [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A springloaded crossover clamp used in surgery to clamp small arteries.

OBS

[The bulldog clamp] opens when squeezed and the serrated-face clamp blades shut when the squeeze is relaxed.

OBS

There are many varieties of bulldog clamps, often bearing the name of their inventor: Cooley bulldog clamp; De Bakey bulldog clamp; Dietrich bulldog clamp; Dubost bulldog clamp; Glover atraumatic bulldog clamp; Gregory bulldog clamp; John Hopkins bulldog clamp; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Clamp [...] utilisé pour l'hémostase des petits vaisseaux.

Spanish

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