Patent ID: 8220464

Claim:
A vasectomy device for excising a section of the vas deferens trapped within a fold of scrotal skin, said device comprising a proximal handle portion and a distal clamping portion, said clamping portion comprising: (i) a pair of opposingly faced upper and lower arcuate jaws connected at a pivot point and movable between open and closed positions, wherein said upper and lower arcuate jaws have radiused inner edges that engage to define a curved interior perimeter having a lateral opening that permits said upper and lower arcuate jaws to be positioned around a clamp, further wherein, in the closed position, said upper and lower arcuate jaws are configured to retain an arcuate area of clamped tissue and said radiused inner edges are configured to define a convex area of unclamped tissue within the curved interior perimeter that is subsequently excised, and (ii) a cutting member pivotably mounted to the handle portion of said clamping instrument having a radiused outer edge that is smaller than said radiused inner edges of said upper and lower arcuate jaws, wherein said cutting member pivots relative to the handle portion to engage the radiused inner edges of said upper and lower arcuate jaws to excise the convex area of unclamped tissue.