Patent ID: 8052718

Claim:
A device for occluding a uterine artery comprising: a pair of elongated clamping members that are pivotally connected together, each of said clamping members having a proximal end and a distal end with a tissue contacting jaw, said tissue contacting jaw having a pressure applying surface and first and second lateral side walls extending away from the pressure applying surface, wherein the pressure applying surface of at least one of said clamping members has a recess formed therein; and a blood flow sensor disposed in the recess of the at least one of said clamping members for locating a uterine artery and monitoring blood flow through the uterine artery, wherein said blood flow sensor is located between and bounded by said first and second lateral side walls of the at least one of said clamping members, wherein the pressure applying surface of the at least one of said clamping members comprises a row of tissue-contacting teeth, and wherein said blood flow sensor lies between said tissue-contacting teeth.