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US 12,582,408 B2Granted
Tissue closure method, clip device, and operation method of clip device
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsMasaru Yuasa, Motoi Satake, Toshinori Tamura, Shogo Shindo
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Abstract
A tissue closure method comprises grasping a first portion of a tissue between a first arm and a central arm, restricting a sliding of a first slider while grasping the first portion, the first slider configured to open and close the first arm relative to the central arm, grasping a second portion of the tissue between a second arm and the central arm while restricting the sliding of the first slider, indwelling the first arm, the second arm, and the central arm in a body.
Claims8
A clip operation method, comprising:
- retracting a first slider on a first handle to bring a first arm and a central arm closer, wherein the first slider is slidably attached to the first handle;
- attaching a stopper to the first handle distal to the first slider to fix a position of the first arm relative to the central arm;
- operating a second slider to open a second arm relative to the central arm while attaching the stopper to the first handle distal to the first slider, wherein the second slider is slidably attached to a second handle, and the first handle and the second handle are connected at a distal-end portion;
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- removing the stopper from the first handle.
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