Medical clip carrier device

• US 8,839,954 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aesculap AG (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: Aesculap AG (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Inventors: Disch, Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Assistant Examiner(s): WEINERTH, GIDEON R
• Application Number:
  US13/723,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20130161216A1
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 206338-348, 206/438, 206/63.3, 606/142, 606/143, 606/151, 606/157, 606/158
• US Class Current: 206/338
• 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: B65D 85/24 for needles, nails or like elongate small articles

Abstract

The invention relates to a medical clip carrier device for retention and/or mounting of at least one medical clip, in particular a ligature clip, comprising at least one clip receptacle in which a clip is retainable in a mounted position, and a securing device with at least one securing member for detachably securing a clip in the at least one clip receptacle. The clip receptacle comprises an insertion opening for insertion of a clip into the clip receptacle and removal of the clip therefrom. The at least one securing member is constructed in the form of a retaining projection which protrudes at least partially into the insertion opening.

Claims

1. Medical clip carrier device for at least one of retention and mounting of at least one medical clip, comprising:

at least one clip receptacle in which a clip is retainable in a mounted position, and

a securing device with at least one securing member for detachably securing a clip in the at least one clip receptacle,

each of the at least one clip receptacle comprising an insertion opening for insertion of a clip into a respective one of the at least one clip receptacle and removal of the clip therefrom,

the at least one securing member comprising a retaining projection which protrudes at least partially into the insertion opening,

wherein;

each of the at least one clip receptacle comprises at least two support surfaces, against which, in the mounted position, a respective limb of a clip abuts at least in some sections or substantially abuts,

the at least two support surfaces are connected to one another via a contact surface,

the contact surface comprises at least one separating element for separating or dividing the contact surface into a first and a second contact surface section,

the contact surface comprises at least one flushing opening,

at least one medical clip is retained in the at least one clip receptacle, and

the at least one medical clip comprises a double-shank clip.

2. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one securing member has a retaining face facing in a direction into the clip receptacle.

3. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 2, the at least one securing member comprises at least two securing members.

4. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the at least two securing members are oriented facing one another and narrow the insertion opening.

5. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the at least one clip receptacle is constructed symmetrically with respect to at least one mirror plane.

6. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the at least one clip receptacle comprises two retaining arm receiving spaces to receive a respective retaining arm of the clip.

7. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact surface is constructed facing in a direction of the insertion opening.

8. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one separating element comprises a separating projection projecting from the contact surface.

9. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the at least one separating element is ribbed or constructed in the form of a rib.

10. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one separating element defines a first plane of symmetry which reflects each of the two retaining arm receiving spaces in itself.

11. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one separating element defines a second plane of symmetry which reflects the at least one separating element in itself and reflects one of the two retaining arm receiving spaces into the other of the two retaining arm receiving spaces and vice versa.

12. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the at least one flushing opening comprises two flushing openings, and

the at least one separating element separates the two flushing openings from one another.

13. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one outlet opening arranged in a bottom of the clip receptacle.

14. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 6, wherein each retaining arm receiving space has at least one partially open side face facing away from the clip carrier device.

15. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clip carrier device is constructed in one piece.

16. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clip carrier device comprises no moving parts.

17. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the securing device comprises exclusively rigid, inelastic parts.

18. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the at least one clip receptacle is equipped with a medical clip.

19. Medical clip carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the at least one medical clip comprises two retaining arms which are connected to one another at each end via a deformable connection point and are bendable towards one another in such a way that the retaining arms are moveable out of an open position in which they have a greater spacing from one another into a closed position in which inner faces, which face towards one another, of the retaining arms are permanently moved close together, and

a spacing between side faces, which face away from one another, of the at least one separating element is smaller than a spacing between inner side faces, which face one another, of the retaining arms in the region of the connection point.