Clamp for surgical purpose, preferably for holding together fabrics serving to limit an operation field

Claim 1

Clamp for surgical purposes, preferably for holding together fabrics serving to limit an operating field, comprising a generally planar part made from a resilient material such as plastics and having a web portion, a central tongue extending therefrom and two side tongues also extending from said web portion in the same direction as said tongue, said side tongueS being located in such sideways proximity to said central tongue that the fabric material may pass through the spaces thus obtained, said side tongues being longer than said central tongue and having their free ends located at a predetermined distance from each other, said side tongues being further resilient so as to enable their free ends to be moved towards each other, said side tongues being also provided at their ends with locking means for arresting said side tongues in a position in which they are brought near to each other and in approximately the same plane in which they originally were, the tolerances between said central tongue and said side tongues being such that said fabric material will be clamped between the adjacent edges of said central tongue and said side tongues when said ends of said side tongues are brought near to each other.