Patent ID: 8740933
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical clamp for occluding a body conduit comprising: an elongate first jaw; a second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw; a handle operable to move the first jaw and the second jaw relative to each other between a spaced position and a proximate position; the first jaw having an elongate configuration characterized by a length along a Z-axis, a width along a Y-axis, and a thickness along an X-axis, wherein the jaw extends along the Z-axis but moves between the spaced position and the proximate position along the X-axis, and the Y-axis is perpendicular to both the X-axis and the Z-axis; first portions of the first jaw having a first proximal width and a second distal width; and second portions of the first jaw arranged under the first portions of the first jaw and having a proximal portion with a third proximal width greater than the first proximal width and the proximal portion having a scalloped edge extending proximally from the third proximal width to a recessed width smaller than the third proximal width, and the second portions having a distal portion with a fourth distal width greater than the second distal width, and the second portions substantially continuously tapering from the third proximal width to the fourth distal width, the first, second, third and fourth widths being disposed along the Y-axis.