A DEVICE FOR CLAMPING AND SEVERING A COMPRESSIBLE STRUCTURE CONTAINING A FLUID.

摘要

A device for clamping and severing a compressible structure containing a fluid. The device comprises a clamp having a pair or arms securable in a clamped position about a compressible structure containing a fluid which fluid in said compressible structure between said arms is forces outward from said clamp; and a cutting assembly coupled to said clamp for cutting through said pair of arms while in said clamped position to form first and second separated clamps that remain in said clamped position. The compressible structure is severed to form first and second severed ends thereof with said first and second ends are clamped by a respective one of said first and second separeted clamps.