Surgical clip
AssigneeTeleflex Medical Incorporated
InventorsDavid Lee Foshee, Michael Dell Ramsey
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Abstract
A surgical clip may include: a first leg member having an inner surface, an outer surface, and first and second side surfaces, the inner surface of the first leg member having a concave curvature; a second leg member having an inner surface, an outer surface, and first and second side surfaces, the inner surface of the second leg member having a convex curvature; at least one first tooth extending from a first lateral side of the inner surface of the second leg member; and a first channel defined between the first side surface and the inner surface of the first leg member. The first and second leg members may be configured to move between an open configuration and a closed configuration, and in the closed configuration, the at least one first tooth is received in the first channel.
Claims20
A surgical clip comprising:
- a first leg member having an inner surface, an outer surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and a first longitudinal channel;
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- a second leg member having an inner surface, an outer surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and at least one first tooth extending from the first side surface of the second leg member;
- wherein the first and second leg members are configured to move between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
- wherein the at least one first tooth is configured to extend past the inner surface of the first leg member when the first and second leg members are in the closed configuration;
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- wherein the first longitudinal channel is configured to receive the at least one first tooth when the first and second leg members are in a closed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.