Surgical clamp pads with deflecting elements

• US 6,942,676 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2002
• Issued: 09/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Vitalitec International Inc. (Groupe Peters Surgical SAS)
• Original Assignee: Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. (Groupe Peters Surgical SAS)
• Inventors: Buelna, Terrence
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Julian W.
• Application Number:
  US10/104,866
• Publication Number:
  US 20030181932A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,272 Days
• Field of Search: 606/157, 606/158, 606/205, 606/207
• US Class Current: 606/158
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/08 Wound clamps or clips, i.e. not or only partly penetrating the tissue suture bridges A61B17/0466; Devices for bringing together the edges of a wound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/122 Clamps or clips , e.g. for the umbilical cord for the vas deferens A61F6/206
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00778 Operations on blood vessels A61B2017/22097, A61B2017/320741 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00858 high friction or non-slip
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/2825 Inserts of different material in jaws
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/2829 with a removable cover

Abstract

A replaceable pad or insert for attachment to the jaw of a jaw-type occlusion device. The insert includes an elastomeric cushion with a deflecting element embedded in the cushion, providing for improved gripping of a clamped vessel while minimizing trauma to the vessel.

Claims

1. An insert for attachment to a jaw of a jaw-type occlusion device, comprising:

an attaching structure for attaching the insert to the jaw;

an elastomeric cushion secured to the attaching structure, the cushion having a clamping surface for engagement with a vessel of other body tissue, and a deflecting element having at least a portion thereof embedded within the cushion between the attaching structure and the clamping surface, and wherein said deflecting element further comprises a coil oriented longitudinally along the length of the cushion.

2. The insert of claim 1 wherein portions of the coil extend from the cushion surface.

3. An insert for attachment to a jaw of a jaw-type occlusion device, comprising:

an attaching structure for attaching the insert to the jaw;

an elastomeric cushion secured to the attaching structure, the cushion having a clamping surface for engagement with a vessel or other body tissue, and a deflecting element having at least a portion thereof embedded within the cushion between the attaching structure and the clamping surface, and wherein said deflecting element further comprises folded pleats extending longitudinally along the cushion length, and wherein portions of the pleats extend from the cushion surface.