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US 5,620,452 AGranted
Surgical clip with ductile tissue penetrating members
OwnerInBae Yooninventor
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Abstract
A surgical clip for constricting anatomical vessels and organs includes at least two generally opposed arms extending from opposite ends of a base member, a plurality of apertures formed in one of the arms and a plurality of ductile tissue penetrating members carried by the other arm in opposed relation to the apertures.
Claims16
A surgical clip comprising
- a base and at least two generally opposed arms extending from said base;
- an aperture formed in a first of said arms;
- and
- a ductile tissue penetrating member carried by a second of said arms in opposed relation to said aperture;
- said ductile tissue penetrating member having a length to pass through said aperture and be bent against said first arm when said arms are moved toward one another.
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A method of constricting anatomical tissue comprising the steps of
- positioning the anatomical tissue between generally opposed arms of a ductile clip;
- compressing the clip around the anatomical tissue;
- penetrating through the anatomical tissue with ductile tissue penetrating members carried by at least one of the arms;
- passing ends of the tissue penetrating members through apertures in the other arm until they protrude;
- and
- bending the protruding ends of the tissue penetrating members against the other arm.
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A surgical clip comprising
- a base and at least two generally opposed arms extending from said base;
- a plurality of apertures formed in a first of said arms;
- and
- a plurality of ductile tissue penetrating members carried by a second of said arms in opposed relation to said apertures:
- wherein said apertures include camming means for bending said tissue penetrating members as they pass through said apertures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.