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US 2006/0155309 A1Published application
Sliding surgical clip
AssigneeBy-Pass, Inc.
InventorsAmir Loshakove, Ido Kilemnik
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Abstract
A sliding surgical clip adapted to connect blood vessel tissue, comprising: an elongate rail leg having a main axis and terminating with a first tissue penetrating tip; and a sliding leg terminating with a second tip and configured to slide along said rail leg towards said first tissue penetrating tip, such that said two tips face each other and engage vascular tissue between them.
Claims37
A sliding surgical clip adapted to connect blood vessel tissue, comprising:
- an elongate rail leg having a main axis and terminating with a first tissue penetrating tip;
- and
- a sliding leg terminating with a second tip and configured to slide along said rail leg towards said first tissue penetrating tip, such that said two tips face each other and engage vascular tissue between them.
A method of deploying a clip, comprising:
- engaging vascular tissue using a hooked section of a rail leg;
- sliding a hooked sliding leg along said rail leg until it engages said tissue;
- locking said sliding leg to said rail leg;
- and
- tearing a section of said rail leg off adjacent a locked location of said sliding leg.
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