Clip for assisting surgical procedures

A clip for use during surgical procedures, said clip comprising:

• a body (402, 602), comprising a distal end and a proximal end and characterized by a main longitudinal axis;
• at least one shaft (408, 605) comprising a distal end and a proximal end and adapted to reciprocally move along said main longitudinal axis of said body;
• at least one movable jaw (407, 607) pivotally connected to said body such that said movable jaw is configured to be reversibly transformable from at least one open configuration to at least one closed configuration;
• at least one sleeve-like enveloping compression spring (403, 603) that at least partially encapsulates said at least one movable jaw and said body when said at least one movable jaw is in said closed configuration;
• and
• an actuation engaging hook (401, 601) coupled to the proximal end of said shaft such that upon linear motion of said actuation engaging hook (401, 601), (i) said shaft is linearly moved toward one end of said body and (ii) said compression spring (403, 603) is compressed or released such that said at least one movable jaw (407, 607) is reconfigured;
• wherein when said spring is released, said compression spring at least partially encapsulates said at least one movable jaw, thereby bringing said at least one movable jaw into said closed configuration, and further wherein when said at least one movable jaw is in said closed configuration, said clip has an essentially cylindrical profile and will fit within a standard 5 mm diameter trocar.