Clips and applicator for tissue closure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9883866
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14930595

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Surgical clips and surgical applicators used in performing rapid tissue closure in either minimally invasive surgeries or traditional open procedures are provided. In one example approach, a surgical clip comprises opposing sides extending from a top portion and terminating at tips positioned below the top portion. The resting position of the clip is its closed position. Edges of the top portion and the opposing sides form opposing faces perpendicular to the opposing sides. The opposing faces are angled inwardly towards each other at a region of the faces adjacent to the top portion. Grooves are formed in each of the opposing sides. The grooves are configured to engage inwardly turned tracks of a clip applicator such that, when a force is applied to the clip, the opposing sides bend outwardly away from each other to place the clip in an intermediate open position.

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OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY690 S BANCROFT STREET L106TT PORTLAND OR 97239

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Dreilinger, Rachel Lake Oswego, US 15 210
Roundy, Neil Eugene, US 8 119

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