Patent · US Expired

Aneurysm clip

US7077851B2 · kind B2 · utility

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29References

24Claims

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Assignee

Aesculap AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Theodor Lutze · Spaichingen, DE
Manfred Fischer · Leichlingen, DE
Thomas A. Kopitnik, Jr. · Dallas, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2003
Grant date	Jul 18, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 30, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T24/44991
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An aneurysm clip (1) is provided with two arms (2, 3) which are resiliently pivotable towards each other and carry at their free end clamping bars (12, 13) which are resiliently clamped against each other by the spring force of the arms, with outwardly curved sections of the arms adjoining the clamping bars and jointly forming a receiving space (10) for a vessel (11). In order to improve the safety of the application and the possibility of varying the application of the aneurysm clip, the clamping bars protrude from the arms towards both sides and thereby project laterally on both sides over the width of the arms in the outwardly curved sections.

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