Back to results
US 6,226,843 B1Granted
Ligating clip
AssigneeDesign Standards Corporation
InventorLawrence Crainich
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A ligating clip includes a substantially planar head portion and at least two legs each extending away from the head portion. The head portion is resilient and spring biased toward a closed position, and the legs can be positioned in a plane defining an angle with the planar head portion of greater than about 90° and less than about 180°, which provides for better visibility of clips during application of the clip.
Claims26
A ligating clip, comprising:
- a substantially planar head portion;
- and
- at least two legs each extending away from said head portion, said head portion biasing said legs into a closed position and being resiliently flexible to allow said legs to be spread to an open position, wherein said at least two legs each extend away from said head portion in a plane defining an angle with said planar head portion of greater than 90° and less than 180°, and wherein said head portion has sides extending wider than said legs whereby said sides are engagable for positioning and opening said clip.
A ligating clip, comprising:
- a substantially planar head portion;
- at least two legs each extending away from said head portion, said legs being positionable between a closed position for clipping tissue and an open position wherein said legs are spaced from each other to receive tissue therebetween, and wherein said head portion has a gap defined between said at least two legs in said open position;
- and
- a tissue stop member extending from one of said at least two legs across said gap to prevent entry of tissue into said head portion, wherein said one of said at least two legs and said tissue stop member are formed from a single piece of material.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.