Patent ID: 7329266

Claim:
A clamp for surgical use, the clamp comprising a pair of arms pivotally interconnected at adjacent ends for pivotal movement in a plane between an open configuration in which the arms define a V-shaped configuration and a closed configuration in which the arms are approximately parallel, and a ratchet device located generally opposite of the interconnection of the arms and operative during closing movement to retain the arms in a selected, closed condition, wherein each arm has a clamping member in the form of a post located on the arm between the interconnection of the arms and the ratchet device and extending therefrom substantially perpendicularly to the plane of pivotal movement whereby distal ends of the posts extend outside of the plane, each of the two posts having a clamping face whereby an artery can be clamped between the respective clamping faces of the two posts as the arms are moved to the closed configuration.