Vessel occlusion clamp

A surgical clamp for occluding a body conduit, comprising:

• a handle assembly;
• a pair of opposing jaws movable by the handle assembly in a plane of operation along an X-axis between a spaced orientation wherein the jaws are spread to receive the body conduit, and a proximate orientation wherein the jaws are substantially closed to occlude the body conduit;
• a removable insert having a first width;
• at least one of the jaws having in radial cross section a non-rectangular shape and including a first longitudinal portion and a second longitudinal portion;
• the first portion of the jaw having a length and a generally uniform second width along the length of the first portion and being sized and configured to receive the insert;
• the second portion of the jaw having a third width and defining with the first portion the thickness of the jaw;
• and
• the first width of the insert being less than the width of the second longitudinal portions and greater than the second width of the first longitudinal portions of the jaw, the first, second and third widths all disposed along a Y-axis, the Y-axis being perpendicular to the X-axis.