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Apparatus and method for compressing body tissue

  • US 6,428,548 B1
  • Filed: 11/18/1999
  • Issued: 08/06/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for delivering a surgical clip to a surgical site within a patient'"'"'s body to compress body tissue, comprising:

  • an endoscopic device;

    an endoscope cap disposed on a distal end of said endoscopic device;

    a surgical clip removably disposed on an outside surface of said endoscope cap, the surgical clip having opposing tissue grasping surfaces connected by joint portions; and

    a deployment device associated with said surgical clip.

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