Modified Fogarty Clamp for the Fragile Aorta

The Fogarty aortic hydragrip clamp is adequate to clamp the normal aorta during open-heart operation. The fragile aorta, however, requires a more delicate occlusion than that provided by the slim, rather rigid clamping jaws of the Fogarty clamp. To prevent the crushing effect of a Fogarty clamp on a fragile aorta, a simple modification has been devised and is described here.