US 2020/0046332 A1 · DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING A DIMENSION OF OPENINGS IN TISSUE

Abstract

A clip for reducing a dimension of an opening in tissue may include a continuous member having a plurality of legs and a plurality of preformed bends connecting adjacent legs, wherein the plurality of legs form: a first group having two protrusions; a second group having two protrusions; and a third group having two protrusions, wherein each protrusion of each group includes two legs of the continuous member and a corresponding preformed bend connecting the two legs, and each protrusion of each group extends from a region adjacent a first end of the clip to a region adjacent a second end of the clip.

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Dependent claims

A clip for reducing a dimension of an opening in tissue, comprising:

a continuous member having a plurality of legs and a plurality of preformed bends connecting adjacent legs, wherein the plurality of legs form:
a first group having two protrusions;
a second group having two protrusions;
and
a third group having two protrusions,
wherein each protrusion of each group includes two legs of the continuous member and a corresponding preformed bend connecting the two legs, and each protrusion of each group extends from a region adjacent a first end of the clip to a region adjacent a second end of the clip.

3 more elements

A clip for reducing a dimension of an opening in tissue, comprising:

a first portion including:
a first leg extending from a first end of the first leg to a second end of the first leg;
and
a second leg extending from a first end of the second leg to a second end of the second leg;
wherein the second end of the first leg and the second end of the second leg are joined by a first preformed bend;
a second portion including:
a third leg extending from a first end of the third leg to a second end of the third leg;
and
a fourth leg extending from a first end of the fourth leg to a second end of the fourth leg;
wherein the second end of the third leg and the second end of the fourth leg are joined by a second preformed bend;
and
a third portion including:
a fifth leg extending from a first end of the fifth leg to a second end of the fifth leg;
and
a sixth leg extending from a first end of the sixth leg to a second end of the sixth leg;
wherein the second end of the fifth leg and the second end of the sixth leg are joined by a third preformed bend;
wherein the first end of the first leg and the first end of the fifth leg are joined by a fourth preformed bend, and wherein the first end of the third leg and the first end of the sixth leg are joined by a fifth preformed bend.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/658,301Filed 21 Oct 2019

Priority

16 May 2016

Published

13 Feb 2020

Term ends

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Classification14 codes

A61B 17/0057
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ, e.g. for sealing a vessel…
A61B 17/1227
Clamps or clips, e.g. for the umbilical cord: spring clips
A61B 17/1285
For applying or removing clamps or clips: for minimally invasive surgery
A61F 5/0086
Reducing the size of the stomach, e.g. gastroplasty: using clamps, folding means or the like

Family

Application62/336,827Us provisional application · filed 16 May 2016

Application15/593,977Continuation · filed 12 May 2017

Application16/658,301Continuation

US 10,485,526 B2Related patent

US 11,607,207 B2Related patent

US 2017/0325821 A1Published application

US 2020/0046332 A1This patent

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Devices and methods for reducing a dimension of openings in tissue

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Devices and methods for reducing a dimension of openings in tissue

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Abstract

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