Reduced diameter clip applying arrangement
First Claim
1. A clip applying device for the insertion and pinching of a medical clip within a mammalian body portion, comprising:
- a housing supporting a proximal end of a delivery tube of said device;
a pair of pinchable jaws movably arranged at a distal end of said delivery tube, said pinchable jaws configured to accept a pre-formed wire-like clip having leg portions, said leg portions having a first width between said leg portions, said wire-like clip being movably disposed within said delivery tube between said housing and said jaws; and
a tool adjacent said jaws arranged to enlarge said clip from said first width to a wider second width, as said clip emerges from said delivery tube.
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Abstract
A clip applying device for the insertion and pinching of a medical clip within a mammalian body portion. The device comprises a housing supporting a proximal end of a delivery tube of the device. A pair of pinchable jaws are movably arranged at a distal end of the delivery tube. The device contains a plurality of preformed clips of a first width, the clips having leg portions, the clips also being movably disposed within the delivery tube between the housing and the jaws. A tool adjacent the jaws is arranged to enlarge the clips from a first width to a wider second width, as the clips emerge from the delivery tube.
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24 Claims
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1. A clip applying device for the insertion and pinching of a medical clip within a mammalian body portion, comprising:
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a housing supporting a proximal end of a delivery tube of said device; a pair of pinchable jaws movably arranged at a distal end of said delivery tube, said pinchable jaws configured to accept a pre-formed wire-like clip having leg portions, said leg portions having a first width between said leg portions, said wire-like clip being movably disposed within said delivery tube between said housing and said jaws; and a tool adjacent said jaws arranged to enlarge said clip from said first width to a wider second width, as said clip emerges from said delivery tube. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of introducing a medical clip into a mammalian patient, comprising:
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providing a pre-formed wire-like clip into a delivery tube, the wire-like clip having leg portions and a bridging portion connecting said leg portions, the wire-like clip having a first width between the leg portions, said delivery tube having a pair of clip pinching jaws on a distal end thereof configured to accept the wire-like clip; inserting the delivery tube into the patient body; advancing said clip through said tube and towards said jaws; widening said clip into a second width prior to pinching thereof; and squeezing said clip widened into the second width to pinch, by the jaws, a tissue of said patient. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of introducing a narrow clip into a patient and pinching tissue within said patient by a wider clip widened from the narrow clip once within said patient, said method comprising:
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introducing a delivery tube into a patient, said tube having a pre-formed wire-like clip forming a narrow first width; widening said pre-formed wire-like clip into a second wider width upon advancement of said wire-like clip from said tube; and pinching said widened wire-like clip by a pair of squeezable jaws arranged about tissue upon said clip being widened. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of introducing a narrow clip into a patient and pinching tissue within said patient by a wider clip widened from the narrow clip within said patient, said method comprising:
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introducing a delivery tube into a patient, said tube provided with squeezable jaws and a pre-formed wire-like clip forming a narrow first width; widening said pre-formed wire-like clip to form a second wider width upon advancement of said clip from said tube so as to be able to engage tissue and pinch said tissue with said widened clip; and
pinching said widened wire-like clip by the squeezable jaws. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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Specification