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Surgical clip

US10368875B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Scholten · Tuttlingen, DE
Gunnar Wanke · Kreuzlingen, CH
Erick Drost · Themar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2015
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 7, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB21D11/20
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical clip for a surgical clip applicator includes at least one pair of clip arms. Each clip arm has a distal end and a proximal end. The two clip arms are connected to each other at the proximal ends of the clip arms and form a clip throat. A tangent angle between a tangent to a neutral fiber of a clip arm and a perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the clip increases over the entire length of the clip arm substantially continuously.

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