Subclavian intravenous clamp

Claim 1

A clamp for securing the connection of one end of a subclavian catheter assembly to a cooperating end of intravenous tubing, said intravenous tubing having an elongated plug-like insert at the connection end and a bulbous portion adjacent thereto, and the catheter assembly having a substantially cylindrical needle head with an intravenous socket at the connection end for frictionally receiving said plug-like insert, the other end of the needle head having a substantially planar surface radially spaced from a central portion, said clamp comprising a substantially elongated tubular member of finite length positioned about the connecting ends of the catheter assembly and tubing, said clamp having an internal wall, rib means formed on said wall adjacent the intravenous end thereof at least partly about the circumference a distance sufficient for gripping the surface of said bulbous portion, a plurality of circumferential spaced flap means formed on said tubular member at the other end thereof and defined between elongated slots spaced about the circumference, each of said flap means being radially bendable relative to the surface of said tubular member, jaw means formed on the free end of each flap means extending radially toward the axis of said tubular member for engaging said substantially planar surface of said needle head, and locking means for bending said flap means radially toward the axis of said tubular member into engagement with the needle head and for retaining said flap means in such engagement.