Patent · US Expired

Clip for surgical use and clip applicator

US5522823A · kind A · utility

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5References

7Claims

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Assignee

Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bertram Kuntz · Süderbrarup, DE
Karl Schlipf · Karlsruhe, DE
Heinrich Schulken · Blankenloch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 1994
Grant date	Jun 4, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/1285
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A clip for use in surgery which comprises a lower and an upper portion interconnected by a flexible bridge portion wherein the lower clip portion has at its free end a pin with pointed end extending toward the upper clip portion and the upper clip portion has at its free end a rounded protector nose and has, adjacent thereto, an opening adapted to receive and engage the pin when the upper and lower clip portions are pressed together and the bridge portion is deformable at two points essentially at right angles such that, upon final deformation of the bridge portion, with the clip closed the lower and upper clip portions extend essentially parallel and are, at the bridge portion closer together than they are by simply closing the clip before the final deformation of the bridge portion.

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