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US 11,439,405 B2Granted
Surgical clip for simultaneous bleeding control of a blood vessel and cutting
OwnerMichael Siegenthalerinventor
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Abstract
A surgical clip for simultaneously cutting a blood vessel and controlling bleeding, includes two legs, each including a flat surface and a cutting surface, and a curved section configured to join the two legs. An applicator for installing a surgical clip that simultaneously divides a blood vessel and controls bleeding, includes two jaws that simultaneously hold two surgical clips, and two handles that cause the two jaws to exert a deforming force on the two surgical clips.
Claims13
A surgical clip for simultaneously cutting a blood vessel and controlling bleeding, the surgical clip comprising:
- two legs, each including a flat surface to hold the blood vessel, only one of the two legs including a cutting surface to cut the blood vessel;
- and
- a curved section configured to join the two legs,
- wherein the surgical clip is configured to, in conjunction with another surgical clip, simultaneously hold and cut the blood vessel through a scissoring action with the other surgical clip.
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A blood vessel cutting and clamping system, comprising:
- a pair of surgical clips configured to simultaneously cut and clamp the blood vessel, each of the pair of surgical clips including:
- two legs, each including a flat surface to hold the blood vessel, only one of the two legs including a cutting surface to cut the blood vessel, and
- a curved section configured to join the two legs;
- and
- the applicator configured to hold the pair of surgical clips in contact with each other and to apply pressure to deform the pair of surgical clips in order to cause the surgical clips to simultaneously hold and cut the blood vessel through a scissoring action between the pair of surgical clips.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.