Patent · US Expired

Clamping ring for a surgical clip

US5702411A · kind A · utility

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27Claims

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Lothar Back · Reichenbach, DE
Gebhard Herrmann · Irndorf, DE
Markus Nesper · Tuttlingen, DE
Dieter Weisshaupt

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 20, 1996
Grant date	Dec 30, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/122
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

To enable easier manufacturability of the clamping ring for a surgical clip comprising two arms which are elastically pivotable towards each other and each have one clamping jaw, an end section in which the arms meet, and located therebetween a tensioning section on which the clamping ring surrounding the arms is displaceable in the longitudinal direction, with a part connected to the clamping ring engaging between the arms, it is proposed that the clamping ring carry diametrically opposed projections integrally formed on the clamping ring and protruding inwardly into the area surrounded by the clamping ring.

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