Surgical clamp pad with interdigitating teeth

Surgical clamp members for attachment to opposing surfaces of jaws of a surgical clamping device, the jaws being mounted for movement toward and away from one another, the members comprising:

• means for attaching the members to the opposing surfaces of the jaws;
• and
• opposable resilient pads, each pad having first and second sides and a planar surface with protrusions extending therefrom for engagement with a vessel or other tissue received between the jaws, wherein the protrusions of each pad are arranged in one or more rows lengthwise along the pad, and the protrusions of one pad interdigitate with the protrusions of the opposed pad when the jaws are moved toward one another, and wherein further:
• the protrusions comprise wedges having planar surfaces inclined relative to the pad surface, the wedges extending from each pad being arranged in first and second rows,
• the wedges of the first row being staggered relative to the wedges of the second row,
• the wedges of the first row having ends flush with the first pad side and inclined surfaces that slope downward to the second pad side, and
• the wedges of the second row having ends flush with the second pad side and inclined surfaces that slope downward to the first pad side.