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INT Medical UCC-V

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INT Medical UCC-V

Product Code: WCN-2753

Clamp, handle and blade in one moulded body. One squeeze, one waste route.

Three moulded parts arrive as a single instrument, and the cord closes and divides in one movement. Nothing on it draws power, so what leaves the room at the end takes one route and needs one decision.

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Neonatal & Paediatric Consumable Supplies

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Women, Children & Neonatal

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New

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China

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Supplier: Medigear

A single-patient umbilical cord clamp for the third stage of labour, the UCC-V comes from Shanghai INT Medical Instruments, with its clamp, handle and blade supplied as one moulded item. The component list runs to those three entries and stops. Four function statements appear against the product family in the manufacturer's literature. One describes a reduction in the newborn's blood exposure. The remaining three describe timekeeping behaviour that depends on an electronic component, and no electronic component appears in this configuration's component list. No parameter is published against any function. No dimension, material, sterility statement, blade geometry, clamping force, cord diameter range or pack quantity appears in the literature available.

What defines the UCC-V is what it does not contain. There is no battery, no circuit, no display and no powered element anywhere in the assembly. That single fact closes a run of questions before a buyer asks them. The device sits outside portable appliance testing, and outside every electrical safety regime a provider operates. It sits outside the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 as a matter of construction, not contamination status. There is no ingress rating to establish and no shelf-life risk from a cell going flat.

The moulded body carries a contoured handle with a finger guard, and the blade is supplied as part of the instrument and not as a separate line. The manufacturer's own catalogue lists the product family as disposable. The uploaded datasheet omits that word, and the two need to be reconciled against the labelling artwork.

Nothing dimensional is published. Medigear.uk lists the UCC-V for UK business buyers. Request the declaration of conformity, the approved or notified body number, the sterility method and shelf life, the blade specification and the case quantity from the seller before ordering.

The UCC-V is used at the point in the third stage of labour where the cord is clamped and divided. That covers obstetric-led units, midwife-led units, community teams working from a packed bag, and theatre lists where a caesarean birth reaches the same step under different conditions. The working end is scaled to a newborn cord, the action is a single squeeze, and there is nothing to set up, so it is a short thing to teach and a short thing to check on arrival.

Timing is guided rather than instrument-driven. NICE holds that the cord should not be clamped before one minute from birth unless cord integrity is in doubt or the baby has a heart rate below 60 beats per minute that is not rising, and that clamping happens before five minutes, when controlled cord traction forms part of active management. A woman asking for longer is supported in that choice. The instrument is picked up at the end of that sequence and plays no part in setting it.

Community and home birth teams deserve a separate look. A bag is packed to a weight and a volume, and every item in it has to justify the space it occupies. A wholly mechanical instrument with no cell to go flat between call-outs, and no charge state to check before leaving, suits a kit that may sit in a car boot for weeks. In that setting, case quantity and packed size matter more than they do on a ward, and neither is published.

Procurement runs through the usual routes. NHS Supply Chain carries umbilical cord clamps under both general and sterile headings. Trusts, Integrated Care Boards and independent maternity providers each buy against their own framework and standing financial instructions.

Each route asks for conformity evidence early. The conformity documentation those procurement routes require is issued by the manufacturer and provided by the seller.

One instrument covers both steps.

The clamp, handle, and blade are published as parts of a single supplied item. Closing and dividing therefore happen in one action from one hand, without depending on a second instrument reaching the same trolley at the same moment. Under time pressure and in wet gloves, the number of separate objects involved in a step is not a small detail.

No powered element anywhere in the assembly

Nothing in the device draws current. That removes it from portable appliance testing, from any electrical safety scheme the provider runs, and from the electronic waste regulations by construction rather than by exception. Three separate departmental processes never have to open a record for it.

A single waste route

The used device is contaminated and goes to the healthcare waste stream in one piece. No component has to be separated, no cell has to be removed, and no second contract has to be arranged for a fraction of the item. Waste routes are one of the few running costs in a maternity department that scale with every single birth.

Nothing to fail on the shelf

A wholly mechanical item held in stock has no charge state and no cell to deteriorate before the expiry date arrives. Shelf life becomes a question about packaging and sterility alone, which narrows what has to be checked during a stock rotation.

Nothing to reprocess between patients

On the manufacturer's own catalogue designation, the family is disposable, which takes the device out of the decontamination cycle entirely. No washer-disinfector load, no tracking record, no reprocessing validation and no instrument set to reconcile at the end of a list. In a department where sterile services capacity is the constraint, that is a real saving.

A short action for rotating staff

Bank and agency staff arriving for a single shift have to be competent with the instruments in the room within minutes. A single-squeeze action with no assembly, no settings and no controls is quick to demonstrate and quick to verify against a turnover that never stops.

An identifiable manufacturer

Shanghai INT Medical Instruments publishes a corporate structure, a set of named subsidiaries and investor documentation on its own domain. For a buyer opening a supplier file, an identifiable legal manufacturer with a traceable corporate identity is where the UK Responsible Person chain and any later vigilance reporting both begin.

A short pre-order question set

Everything absent from this datasheet is a fact the manufacturer already holds: a dimension, a material, a sterilisation method, a case quantity. None of it requires testing or negotiation, and the list is shorter for a purely mechanical item than for anything carrying a cell. One written request should close the set, and a seller who cannot close it has told the buyer something worth knowing.

The cost is a per-birth cost.

A single-use instrument is consumed at every delivery, so the meaningful figure is unit cost multiplied by annual births, plus disposal. A service should price it that way from the first conversation and ask for banded pricing against that volume.

Combined clamp, handle and blade

The published component list for the UCC-V lists the umbilical clamp, handle, and blade as parts of one supplied item. No component is listed as an optional extra, and none is listed as sold separately.

Three-item component list

Three entries and nothing further define the configuration. Anything a buyer expects to find beyond those three should be confirmed in writing against this reference before order.

Single-squeeze action

The manufacturer describes the family as automatic and states that the device clamps and cuts the umbilical cord quickly and effectively. No force figure, travel distance or cycle description is published against that action.

Wholly mechanical operation

There is no battery, circuit, display or powered element in the assembly. No ingress rating, charge state or electrical parameter therefore exists to be published or requested.

Blade supplied as an integral component.

The blade is listed as part of the instrument and not as a separate item. The written configuration does not describe it as shielded, retracting or enclosed, and no blade material or geometry is given.

Newborn-scale working end

The device is described for use on the umbilical cord at birth. No jaw length, cord diameter range or gap dimension is published, so suitability for an unusually thick cord needs confirming with the seller.

Retention on the stump

An umbilical cord clamp of this type holds the cord to prevent seepage while the stump dries and shrinks after the birth. Shanghai INT Medical Instruments publishes no retention period, removal method, or removal instructions, so local practice and the instructions for use govern that stage.

Moulded body with finger guard

The renders show a moulded polymer body with a contoured handle and a finger guard at the grip. No material designation, latex statement, phthalate statement or biocompatibility evidence appears in the available literature.

Manufacturer-published disposable designation

Shanghai INT Medical Instruments lists the family under a disposable heading on its own catalogue. The datasheet supplied with this enquiry does not repeat the word, and the discrepancy should be resolved against the labelling artwork.

Colour and finish

The product renders show a blue moulded body with a lighter accent at the jaws. No colour block or finish option list appears in the written configuration, so the supplied finish should be confirmed at order.

Published function statements

Four function statements appear against the product family. Only the statement about reducing blood exposure is attributable to a three-item mechanical configuration, and its wording is open to two readings.

Manufacturer instructions for use

The manufacturer's product page carries a download area for instructions for use. No document was published there at the time of writing, so the instructions should be requested directly from the seller.

No published parameters

The most accurate description of the UCC-V specification is that it consists of a three-item component list and one attributable function statement. Every dimension, material, tolerance and rating a procurement file would normally hold is absent, and knowing that in advance is the most useful preparation for an enquiry.

The UCC-V is a single-patient umbilical cord clamp that carries its own handle and blade in one moulded body, and its clearest characteristic is what it leaves out. No cell, no circuit, no charge state and no second waste stream. That removes several departmental processes entirely and shortens the list of questions a buyer has to put to a seller. What remains on that list is substantial, because the published literature covers three components and stops. Medigear.uk lists the UCC-V for UK business buyers and can arrange delivery, installation, commissioning, familiarisation and service cover. Request the declaration of conformity, the sterility statement, the blade specification and the case quantity from the seller in the quotation.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything buyers need to know about sourcing medical equipment through MediGear.

This is the first thing to settle. The manufacturer's literature lists four function statements for the product family, and the UCC-V component list names three items: the umbilical clamp, the handle, and the blade. Three of those four statements describe recording, announcing and recalling a time, and every one of them requires an electronic component that this component list does not contain. Only the statement about reducing blood exposure survives that reading, and its wording is discussed separately below. Treat the other three as belonging to the family sheet and not to this reference, and ask the seller to confirm in writing which functions are supplied against this order.

No. The assembly is entirely mechanical and contains no electrical parts, so it falls outside portable appliance testing and outside any electrical safety regime the provider applies to powered equipment. This is one of the few points on the page that can be settled from the component list alone without a request to the seller. It matters most to estates and medical engineering teams, who otherwise have to log and schedule anything arriving with a plug or a cell.

One route. A used device is contaminated with blood and belongs in the healthcare waste stream under the applicable waste memorandum for the setting. Because the assembly has no electrical or electronic components, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 do not apply, and no part needs to be separated, segregated, or handled differently before disposal. Whether the blade is exposed after use determines which container is correct, and that question is covered below.

Shanghai INT Medical Instruments lists the family under a disposable heading in its own catalogue, which points to single-patient use. The datasheet supplied with this enquiry does not repeat the word. A single-use designation is a manufacturer instruction, not a matter of local preference, and reprocessing a device labelled for single use shifts manufacturer liability onto the organisation that reprocesses it. Ask for the instructions for use and the labelling artwork before placing any order.

The component list names a blade as part of the instrument, and the product renders show a cutting element seated within the jaws. The written configuration never describes the blade as shielded, retracting, or enclosed, and it provides no blade material or geometry. The answer decides which disposal container the used device belongs in and how it should be handled at the point of transfer. Request the blade specification and a written statement of its condition after use.

The employer decides that, not the supplier and not the manufacturer. Regulation 5 of the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013 requires that the use of medical sharps be avoided so far as reasonably practicable, and where it cannot be avoided, that unprotected medical sharps be substituted with safer sharps incorporating features that prevent or minimise accidental injury. An instrument carrying its own blade is the kind of design such an assessment weighs, but no safer-sharp claim is published for the UCC-V. Use it in the local risk assessment as evidence, and obtain the blade condition statement first.

Not stated anywhere. Sterile presentation is the norm for this product type, and NHS Supply Chain lists umbilical cord clamps under a dedicated sterile heading. Still, a normal expectation is not a manufacturer statement. Request the sterilisation method, the validation standard applied, the packaging standard used for terminally sterilised devices, and a shelf life with a stated expiry format. A non-sterile supply would change where the device can be used, and that has to be known before the first case.

Single-use umbilical cord clamps are typically Class IIa under UK MDR 2002, or higher, use-dependent — confirmed against the declaration of conformity at order. The practical consequence of Class IIa is that self-declaration is not available to the manufacturer. Third-party involvement is compulsory, so a notified body or approved body certificate carrying a number exists, or the device is not lawfully on the market. Ask for the certificate, the body number, and the scope, and check that the scope names this product.

CE-marked devices are still accepted in Great Britain under transitional arrangements. The working deadlines are 30 June 2028 for devices certified under the earlier EU directive and 30 June 2030 for devices certified under the EU Medical Device Regulation. The MHRA consulted during 2026 on recognising CE marking indefinitely and then confirmed that those routes would not form part of the pre-market legislation expected that year, so both dates stand. A manufacturer established outside the UK must also appoint a UK Responsible Person, and the device must be registered with the MHRA before it is placed on the market. Ask the seller to name the UK Responsible Person and supply the MHRA registration reference.

That is set by clinical guidance and not by the instrument. NICE guideline NG235, recommendation 1.10.14, and quality statement 6 of NICE quality standard QS105 both hold that the cord should not be clamped earlier than one minute after the birth unless there is concern about the integrity of the cord or the baby has a heart rate below 60 beats per minute that is not rising. Where controlled cord traction forms part of active management of the third stage, clamping happens before five minutes. If a woman asks for longer, that choice is supported.

The published wording is that the device reduces the newborn's blood exposure. Read at face value, it describes a benefit to the baby, although an instrument carrying its own blade is more commonly argued in terms of exposure to the person holding it. The phrase appears in translation and supports both readings. Ask the seller which is intended and what evidence sits behind it, because a business case would place the two readings in different sections.

Any service that cannot get a sterility statement in writing is not ready to buy it. A service that needs a timed record of cord clamping captured at the bedside will not find that function in this component list and should not read it in from the family sheet. Beyond those two, the product is a single-use consumable, and the usual sustainability questions about single-use plastics in maternity apply to it as they do to the rest of the delivery pack. None of that rules it out, but each point is cheaper to answer before a case is ordered.