Immune system. Immune system. (Science: immunology) The body system, made up of many organs and cells, that defends the body against infection, disease and foreign substances. The immune system is often stimulated in specific ways to fight cancer cells.
An umbilical cord clamp may be used to hold the cord in place when a cut is made to separate a newborn baby from the placenta.his procedure usually first involves clamping the cord. The umbilical cord clamp thus refers to the devices used to hold the cord in place when the cut is made, and the clamp may stay on for several days while the remaining cord attached to the baby dries.
When the clamp is closed about an umbilical cord, portions of the cord are squeezed into the cord-receiving channel and this, particularly in cooperation with the teeth 20, provides a very secure grip on the cord and the same is retained in position, even though the cord may be cut very closely adjacent the clamp.28-346) This inventon relates to a clamp, and more particularly to a clamp particularly adapted for use in clamping the umbilical of a newborn infant. It is the general object of the present inventon to produce 'a new and improved umbilical cord clamp of the Character described.