Intestinal clamps and the like

Claim 1

IN A CLAMP FOR GRIPPING VISCERA, A PAIR OF ARMS, EACH ARM INCLUDING A HANDLE AT ITS REAR END AND A TISSUE ENGAGING MEMB ER ATTACHED TO ITS FRONT END, PIVOT MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID ARMS, AND COACTING LOCKING MEANS CARRIED BY EACH ARM INTERENGAGING WHEN SAID MEMBERS ARE IN CLAMPING ENGAGEMENT, THE ARMS, BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS AND SAID PIVOT, BEING RESILIENT WITH THE EXTREMITIES TO WHICH SAID MEMBERS ARE ATTACHED DISPOSED TOWARDS EACH OTHER, AND SAID TISSUE ENGAGING MEMBERS BEING SMOOTH SURFACED AND IMPERFORATE, THE TISSUE ENGAGING FACE OF ONE MEMBER BEING CONCAVE AND THE TISSUE ENGAGING FACE OF THE OTHER MEMBER BEING CONVEX AND DIMENSIONED TO SEAT WITHIN THE THUS ESTABLISHED CONCAVITY, THE CONCAVE FACE BEING RELATIVELY FLATTER THAN THE CONVEX FACE, AND SAID FACES ESTABISHING A CENTRAL CLAMPING ZONE AND A MARGINAL ZONE IN WHICH THE CLEARANCE INCREASES TOWARDS THE MARGINS OF SAID MEMBERS, EACH TISSUE ENGAGING MEMBER PROJECTING OUTWARDLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM THE ARM EXTREMITY TO WHICH IT IS ATTACHED.