Ligation clip and clip applier
| Title: | Ligation clip and clip applier |
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| Patent Number: | 7,207,997 |
| Publication Date: | April 24, 2007 |
| Appl. No: | 10/721681 |
| Application Filed: | November 25, 2003 |
| Abstract: | The ligation clip applicator and ligation clip design are provided which are particularly applicable to placement of a surgical ligation clip during a laparoscopic surgical procedure. The clip includes a support member and a clamping arm having enlarged portions thereon. The applicator device has a magazine including first and second longitudinally extending partially closed channels within which the enlarged portions of the support member and the clamping arm are received with the clip held in an open position. First and second articulated jaws are attached to the magazine and have first and second channel extensions therein aligned with the first and second channels of the magazine, so that a clip can be received from the magazine in the jaws with the first and second enlarged portions of the support member and the clamping arm being received in the first and second channel extensions of the jaws. The channel extensions include first and second releasing openings. The jaws are closed about a vessel to pre-clamp the vessel. The clip is pushed forward into the jaws to a position where the enlarged portions of the support member and the clamping arm are aligned with the releasing openings and the support member and the clamping arm are released allowing the support member and the clamping arm to move toward each other to ligate the vessel therebetween. |
| Inventors: | Shipp, John I. (Tullahoma, TN, US); Shepard, Steven Y. (Owens Crossroads, AL, US); Satterfield, James A. (Hampton Cove, AL, US) |
| Claim: | 1. A surgical ligation clip for ligating a fluid carrying structure, said clip comprising: a mid-longitudinal axis, a distal end, a proximal end opposite said distal end, and a length between said distal and proximal ends; an upper support member extending between said distal and proximal ends; a lower support member extending between said distal and proximal ends, said lower support member being opposite said upper support member in a vertical plane parallel to the mid-longitudinal axis; and a connector at said proximal end of said clip, said connector joining said upper and lower support members, each of said upper and lower support members including an enlarged section proximate said distal end, each of said enlarged sections having a clamping surface adapted to clamp the fluid carrying structure therebetween, said enlarged section including a central axis generally transverse to said clamping surface, said enlarged section having an exterior surface forming an arc extending more than 180 degrees around the central axis in a plane generally transverse to the central axis. |
| Claim: | 2. The clip of claim 1 , wherein said exterior surface includes two opposed portions that form an arc of a circle in a plane generally transverse to the central axis. |
| Claim: | 3. The clip of claim 1 , wherein said clip is formed of a single piece of wire and has a first free end terminating at said connector and a second free end terminating at one of said enlarged sections. |
| Claim: | 4. The clip of claim 1 , wherein each of said enlarged sections have a clamping surface adapted to clamp the fluid carrying structure therebetween, said clamping surfaces having a maximum separation distance therebetween of 0.75 mm in an open and undeployed position. |
| Claim: | 5. The cup of claim 1 , wherein said connector is adapted to bias said upper and lower support members toward one another into a closed position. |
| Claim: | 6. The cup of claim 1 , wherein said connector includes a coil spring. |
| Claim: | 7. The clip of claim 1 , wherein said connector is adapted to apply a force to said upper and lower support members to bias said upper and lower support members toward one another into a closed position, the force being greater than that needed to move said upper and lower support members into contact with one another. |
| Claim: | 8. The clip of claim 1 , wherein said connector includes a pre-load force between said upper and lower support members of at least 100 grams of force. |
| Claim: | 9. The clip of claim 1 , wherein said clip has a maximum dimension of 5 mm transverse to the mid-longitudinal axis. |
| Claim: | 10. The clip of claim 1 , in combination with a clip applier for applying said clip to the fluid carrying structure. |
| Claim: | 11. The clip of claim 10 , wherein said clip applier includes a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of clips. |
| Claim: | 12. The clip of claim 1 , wherein the fluid carrying structure is a vessel, at least one of said upper and lower support members having a surface configured to enhance gripping of the vessel. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 606/157 |
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| Primary Examiner: | O'Connor, Cary E. |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Martin & Ferraro, LLP |
| Accession Number: | edspgr.07207997 |
| Database: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Language: | English |
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