Patent ID: 7744623
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical clamp for occluding the body conduit comprising: a first jaw; a second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw; a handle assembly 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 width and having in cross section a first shape which remains generally constant in area along the length of the first jaw; a removable insert mounted on the first portions of the first jaw; and second portions of the first jaw having a second width greater than the first width and arranged under the first portions having in cross section a second shape which changes in area along the length of the first jaw, the first and second widths being disposed along the Y-axis.