Surgical clip and surgical method for treating an aneurysum

An implantable aneurysm clip, comprising:

• a first arm and an opposed second arm, said first and second arms having corresponding opposed first and second clamping surfaces facing each other, and said first and second arms being movable relative to each other, the first and second clamping surfaces being dimensioned to grip the aneurysm;
• the first and second clamping surfaces being shiftable between a first, preselected, open resting position wherein the first and second clamping surfaces are separated by a first distance and a second open position wherein the first and second clamping surfaces are separated by a second distance, the second distance being greater than the first distance and the first and second clamping surfaces being biased toward the first position by a biasing force;
• the aneurysm clip further comprising first and second connecting sections connected to said first and second arms, wherein said first connecting section penetrates said second connecting section and is movable in a slit like opening;
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• a stop device that inhibits movement of said first and second arms towards each other beyond the first position, the stop device comprising an abuttable engagement between a stop surface at an end of the slit like opening and the first connecting section when the first and second clamping surfaces are in the first, preselected, open resisting position wherein the first and second clamping surface are separated by the first distance.