Biocompatible suture knot clip
US5409499A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/44786
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A sterile one-piece suture clip having a first clamping member having a distal end, a first proximal end and a first clamping surface, a second clamping member having a second proximal end, a second clamping surface, and a locking surface and being pivotally connected at said second proximal end by a hinge to said first proximal end of the first clamping member, a plurality of leg members each having an inner surface, a side surface and an end, said legs being disposed in sets comprising U-shaped members in combination with the first clamping surface, the inner surface of each leg in the set facing the opposite leg thereof, said inner surface being beveled from the end of the leg toward the first clamping surface to form ears, said U-shaped members being attached to the first clamping member, said side surface of said legs being beveled from the end of the leg toward the first clamping member thereby forming a channel said first clamping member being adapted to be placed on a suture to be clipped, said channel being adapted to orient a suture transversely across said first clamping surface and said second clamping member being sized and configured to pivot about said hinge, extend …
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