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Clip applier and methods of use

  • US 8,202,293 B2
  • Filed: 06/20/2008
  • Issued: 06/19/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A closure element delivery apparatus comprising:

  • a carrier tube having an outer surface, the carrier tube having a lumen and at least one slit at a distal end of the carrier tube, and the carrier tube being configured to split at the slits so as to form outwardly bendable carrier flaps; and

    a splitter disposed adjacent to the slits so that the splitter splits the carrier tube at the distal end to form and outwardly bend the carrier flaps, the splitter being comprised of a series of combinable splitters, wherein proximally disposed combinable splitters each have a recess for receiving a proximal portion of a distally-adjacent combinable splitter.

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