Patent · US Expired

Surgical hemostatic clip

US5509920A · kind A · utility

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29Claims
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Filing dateAug 1, 1994
Grant dateApr 23, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S227/902
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hemostatic clip for application to body tissue is disclosed which includes opposed leg portions connected by a bail portion with each leg portion having a tissue contacting surface defined thereon. A pair of projections and a pair of recessed areas are defined on each tissue contacting surface and are disposed in an alternating arrangement such that the movement inhibiting structures on one leg portion are in juxtaposed alignment with those on the opposed leg portion.

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