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Vessel occlusion clamp

  • US 7,744,623 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2005
  • Issued: 06/29/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A surgical clamp for occluding the body conduit comprising:

  • a first jaw;

    a second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw;

    a handle assembly operable to move the first jaw and the second jaw relative to each other between a spaced position and a proximate position;

    the first jaw having an elongate configuration characterized by a length along a Z-axis, a width along a Y-axis, and a thickness along an X-axis, wherein the jaw extends along the Z-axis but moves between the spaced position and the proximate position along the X-axis, and the Y-axis is perpendicular to both the X-axis and the Z-axis;

    first portions of the first jaw having a first width and having in cross section a first shape which remains generally constant in area along the length of the first jaw;

    a removable insert mounted on the first portions of the first jaw; and

    second portions of the first jaw having a second width greater than the first width and arranged under the first portions having in cross section a second shape which changes in area along the length of the first jaw, the first and second widths being disposed along the Y-axis.

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