Surgical clip for simultaneous bleeding control of a blood vessel and cutting
OwnerMichael Siegenthalerinventor
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Abstract
A surgical clip for simultaneously cutting a blood vessel and controlling bleeding, includes two legs, each including a flat surface and a cutting surface, and a curved section configured to join the two legs. An applicator for installing a surgical clip that simultaneously divides a blood vessel and controls bleeding, includes two jaws that simultaneously hold two surgical clips, and two handles that cause the two jaws to exert a deforming force on the two surgical clips.
Claims16
A surgical clip for simultaneously cutting a blood vessel and controlling bleeding, the surgical clip comprising:
- two legs, each including a flat surface and a cutting surface;
- and
- a curved section configured to join the two legs.
An applicator for installing a surgical clip that simultaneously divides a blood vessel and controls bleeding, the applicator comprising:
- two jaws configured to simultaneously hold two surgical clips;
- and
- two handles configured to cause the two jaws to exert a deforming force on the two surgical clips.
A blood vessel cutting and clamping system, comprising:
- a pair of surgical clips configured to simultaneously cut and clamp the blood vessel, each of the pair of surgical clips including:
- two legs, each including a flat surface and a cutting surface, and
- a curved section configured to join the two legs;
- and
- an applicator configured to hold the pair of surgical clips in contact with each other and to apply pressure to deform the pair of surgical clips in order to cause the surgical clips to simultaneously cut and clamp the blood vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.