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US 2022/0354484 A1Published application
Device and method for unlatching a surgical clip
AssigneeTeleflex Medical Incorporated
InventorsJessica BOYERS, Jessie DELGADO
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AssigneeTeleflex Medical Incorporated
InventorsJessica BOYERS, Jessie DELGADO
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The present disclosure is directed a method and device for unlatching a clip. The clip may have first and second leg members, the first leg member having a hook member and the second leg member having a tip member restrained by the hook member in the latched configuration. The method may include receiving the clip between first and second jaw members of a device and engaging the hook member of the first leg member with a wall of the second jaw member. The method may further include pressing on an outer surface of the first leg member with the first jaw member to open the hook member and release the clip from the latched configuration and receiving the tip member in a channel of the second jaw member after being unrestrained by the hook member where the tip member is spaced apart from the hook member.
A device for unlatching a clip from a latched configuration, the clip comprising first and second leg members, the first leg member having a hook member and the second leg member having a tip member restrained by the hook member in the latched configuration, the device comprising:
A device for unlatching a clip from a latched configuration, the clip comprising first and second leg members, the first leg member having a hook member and the second leg member having a tip member restrained by the hook member in the latched configuration, the device comprising:
A method of unlatching a clip from a latched configuration, the clip comprising first and second leg members having distal portions that are engaged with each other in the latched configuration, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.