Patent ID: 7077851

Claim:
Aneurysm clip comprising: two arms joined at one end by a spring, said arms being pivotable towards each other about a pivot axis and carrying at respective free ends thereof clamping bars which, in a rest position, are resiliently held against each other by a spring force exerted by said spring; outwardly curved sections of the arms which precede said free ends forming a space for receiving a vessel portion that is not to be clamped; the clamping bars protruding parallel to said pivot axis and laterally away in opposite directions from first and second opposite sides of each of the outwardly curved sections, and being curved to provide one of a convex and a concave shape adapted to clamp an aneurysm; the respective positions of said space and said clamping bars allowing a protuberance of a vessel to be clamped by said bars when said vessel portion is received in said space without being clamped.