Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for compressing body tissue

US6428548B1 · kind B1 · utility

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38References

49Claims

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Inventors

Russell F. Durgin · Attleboro, US
Marc O. Schurr · Lörrach, DE
Gerhard Buess · Tübingen, DE
Bernd Vogel · Wiesbaden, DE
Harald Fischer · Ergolding, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 1999
Grant date	Aug 6, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/12004
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method for delivering a surgical clip to a surgical site within a patient's body to compress body tissue is disclosed. In one embodiment for the system of the present invention, the system includes an endoscopic device that has an endoscope cap disposed on a distal end of the endoscopic device. A surgical clip is removably disposed on an outside surface of the endoscope cap. A deployment device is associated with the surgical clip for deploying the surgical clip from the endoscope cap to the body tissue that is to be compressed.

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