Hermostatic clasp

Claim 1

A CERVICAL CLAMP COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED CLAMP ARMS HAVING MUTUALLY OPPOSED CLAMPING FACES EXTENDING LENGTHWISE AND WIDTHWISE OF SAID ARMS, FLANGE MEMBERS EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF EACH ARM AND SMOOTHLY CURVING THEREFROM TO BE DIRECTED AWAY FROM THE OPPOSING ARM, AT LEAST ONE TISSUE PENETRATING ELEMENT ON EACH ARM DIRECTION TOWARD THE OPENING ARM, HINGE MEANS UNITARY WITH SAID ARMS AND INTERCONNECTING SAID ARMS AT ONE END THEREOF WITH SAID ARM PROJECTING FROM SAID HINGE MEANS IN DIVERGENT RELATIONSHIP, SAID HINGE MEANS COMPRISING A GENERALLY U-SHAPED PORTION HAVING AN INSIDE TISSUE-ENGAGING FACE FORMING A CONTINUATION OF THE CLAMPING FACES OF SAID ARMS, SAID FIRST ARM BEING TAPERED CONVERGENTLY IN WIDTH FROM SAID HINGE MEANS TO THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID ARM, WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF SAID CLAMPS MAY BE PLACED AT SUCCESSIVE LOCATIONS AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF A CONIZED CERVIX WITH THE CONVERGENTLY TAPERED ARMS EXTENDING INTO THE INWARDLY TAPERED CERVICAL CANAL IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP, SAID HINGE MEANS BEING OPERABLE TO MAINTAIN THE ARMS OF EACH CLAMP AGAINST SEPARATION TO EFFECT HEMOSTASIS OF THE CERVIX.