Surgical clips, systems and methods thereof

• US 20070038233A1
• Filed: 08/11/2005
• Published: 02/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Medical Device Concepts LLC
• Original Assignee: Medical Device Concepts LLC
• Inventors: Martinez, Jaime, Darling, Clem
• Application Number:
  US11/201,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20070038233A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/157
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1222 Packages or dispensers therefor clip magazines incorporated in a clip-applying instrument A61B17/128; for surgical articles A61B50/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1227 Spring clips

Abstract

A surgical clip that is used to temporary occlude a blood vessel of a patient. The clip has a pair of longitudinally extending members that are spring biased to a closed position to squeeze therebetween the blood vessel of the patient. The members have a first region adjacent the biasing spring and extend to mating clamping surface regions where the blood vessel is positioned. There is an angular offset between the first region and the clamping surface regions for convenience in positioning the surgical clip. In another embodiment, there is a L-shaped surgical clip that is dimensioned so as to temporary occlude a plurality of vessels simultaneously. There is also a container that is customized to provide certain sizes and quantities of surgical clips for a particular surgical procedure and a method of determining those clips for the convenience of the surgeon in carrying out the procedure.

Claims

1. A surgical clip comprising:

a pair of longitudinally extending members having respective first regions and mating clamping surface regions;

a biasing element joined to said first regions to resiliently bias said mating clamping surface regions of said longitudinally extending members toward engagement; and

said member clamping surface regions extending relative to said first regions at a non-orthogonal offset angle.

2. The surgical clip of claim 1 wherein said biasing element is capable of providing a variable clamping force between said clamping surfaces.

3. The surgical clip of claim 2 wherein said variable clamping force is a range between 70 and 120 psi.

4. The surgical clip of claim 1 wherein said offset angle is between approximately 30 and 60 degrees.

5. The surgical clip of claim 1 wherein said longitudinally extending members mating clamping surface regions are curved.

6. A surgical clip comprising:

a pair of longitudinal extending members having respective first regions and at least two mating clamping surface regions;

a biasing element coupled to said member first regions to resiliently bias said mating clamping surface regions of said longitudinally extending members toward respective engagements, and

each of said mating clamping surface regions extending relative to said first regions at non-orthogonal angles.

7. The surgical clip of claim 6 wherein the clamping force is different between the respective mating clamping surface regions.

8. The surgical clip of claim 6 wherein said biasing element is capable of providing a variable clamping force between said clamping surfaces.

9. The surgical clip of claim 8 wherein said variable clamping force is a range between 70 and 120 psi.

10. The surgical clip of claim 6 wherein said offset angle is between approximately 30 and 60 degrees.

11. The surgical clip of claim 6 wherein said at least one of said clamping surface regions are curved.

12. A surgical clip system comprising:

a container having receptacles organized thereon for receipt of a plurality of surgical clips;

a predetermined plurality of surgical clips disposed within said receptacles, said plurality of clips include clips of at least one predetermined type and number in accordance with a corresponding particular surgical procedure, at least one of the clips comprises;

a pair of longitudinally extending members having respective first regions and mating clamping surface regions;

a biasing element joined to said first member regions to resiliently bias said mating clamping surface regions of said longitudinally extending members toward engagement; and

said clamping surface regions extending relative to said member first regions at a non-orthogonal offset angle.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein at least one other clip comprises:

a pair of longitudinally extending members having respective first regions and at least two mating clamping surface regions;

a biasing element coupled to said first regions to resiliently bias said mating clamping surface regions of said longitudinally extending members toward respective engagements; and

each of said mating clamping surface regions extending relative to said first regions at non-orthogonal offset angles.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein said receptacles provide an organization of said clips in said container that corresponds to their use during said surgical procedure.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein said surgical procedure is a carotid endarectomy.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein said plurality of clips include at least two clips of a particular size and at least three other clips of at least one smaller size.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein said surgical procedure is a femoral popliteal bypass.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein said plurality of clips include a least four clips of a particular size and at least four other clips of at least one smaller size.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein said particular surgical procedure is a carotid endarectomy.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein said determining steps include determining at least two clips of a particular size and at least three other clips of at least one smaller size.

22. The method of claim 18 wherein said particular surgical procedure is a femoral popliteal bypass.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein said determining steps include determining at least four clips of a particular size and at least four other clips of at least one smaller size.

24. The method of claim 18 wherein said determined surgical clip type includes a clip having

a pair of longitudinally extending members having respective first regions and mating clamping surface regions;

a biasing element joined to said first regions to resiliently bias said mating clamping surface regions of said longitudinally extending members toward engagement; and

said member clamping surface regions extending relative to said first regions at a non-orthogonal offset angle.

25. The method of claim 18 where said determined surgical clip type includes a clip having;

a pair of longitudinally extending members having respective first regions and at least two mating clamping surface regions;

a biasing element coupled to said member first regions to resiliently bias said mating clamping surface regions of said longitudinally extending members toward respective engagements; and

each of said mating clamping surface regions extending relative to said first regions at non-orthogonal offset angles.

19. A method for a surgical clip system comprising the steps of:

determining at least one type of surgical clips desired for a particular surgical procedure;

determining corresponding sizes and numbers of the surgical clips types desired for said particular surgical procedure; and

arranging said clips on a container having receptacles organized thereon for receipt of identified surgical clips for ready use by a surgeon for performing the surgical procedure.

26. A color coding system for use with a plurality of surgical clips having differing characteristics, said system comprises a color coding applied to surgical clips having a common characteristic.

27. The color coding system as defined in claim 26 wherein the common characteristic is closing pressure of a surgical clip.

28. The color coding system as defined in claim 26 wherein the common characteristic is size of a surgical clip.

29. The color coding system as defined in claim 26 wherein the common characteristic is the use of a surgical clip.

30. The color coding system as defined in claim 26 wherein the color is disposed on at least a portion of a surgical clip.