Surgical clip applicator device
US6896684B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/1225
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention, discloses an anastomosis clip applicator device for applying a surgical clip, formed at least partly of a shape memory alloy, to press together adjacent wall portions of adjacent hollow organ portions so as to effect anastomosis therebetween. The applicator device includes: gripping apparatus for gripping a surgical clip, a release mechanism, associated with the gripping apparatus, and tissue cutting apparatus, operatively associated with the gripping apparatus. There is also apparatus for activating the gripping apparatus, the release mechanism and the cutting apparatus, so as to introduce and apply the surgical clip into adjacent hollow organ portions, such that the surgical clip compresses together the adjacent walls of the hollow organ portions, and thereafter causes the cutting apparatus to perforate the adjacent pressed together organ walls to provide patency through the joined portions of the hollow organ.
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