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US 2006/0129168 A1Published application
Surgical ligation clip
AssigneeSurgicon, Inc.
InventorJohn Shipp
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Abstract
A surgical ligation clip for double ligating a vessel, duct or other fluid carrying structure and a method for double ligating such structure.
Claims26
A surgical ligation clip for ligating a fluid carrying structure, said clip comprising:
- a mid-longitudinal axis, a distal end, a proximal end opposite said distal end, and a length between said distal and proximal ends;
- an upper support member oriented generally along the mid-longitudinal axis of said clip;
- a lower support member oriented generally along the mid-longitudinal axis of said clip;
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- a connector at said proximal end of said clip, said connector joining said upper and lower support members, said clip being formed of a single piece of wire having a first free end and a second free end, each of said first and second free ends terminating proximate said proximal end.
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A surgical ligation clip for ligating a fluid carrying structure, said clip comprising:
- a mid-longitudinal axis, a distal end, a proximal end opposite said distal end, and a length between said distal and proximal ends;
- an upper support member oriented generally along the mid-longitudinal axis of said clip between said proximal and distal ends of said clip;
- a lower support member opposite said upper support member in a vertical plane parallel to the mid-longitudinal axis, said lower support member being oriented generally along the mid-longitudinal axis of said clip between said proximal and distal ends of said clip;
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- a connector at said proximal end of said clip, said connector joining said upper and lower support members, said clip being formed of a single piece of material having a first free end and a second free end, each of said first and second free ends terminating proximate said proximal end, at least one of said free ends facing in a direction that is at least one of transverse to the mid-longitudinal axis of said clip and away from said proximal end of said clip.
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A method of ligating a fluid carrying structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a ligation clip into a body cavity of a patient, the ligation clip having a mid-longitudinal axis, a distal end, and a proximal end opposite the distal end, the clip being formed of a single piece of material having a first free end and a second free end, each of the first and second free ends terminating proximate the proximal end of the ligation clip;
- placing the ligation clip in an open position around at least a portion of the fluid carrying structure;
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- double ligating the fluid carrying structure with the clip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.