Patent ID: 11931023
Assignee: CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A tissue clip for joining tissue, the tissue clip comprising:
a body including at least one elongated body portion having a longitudinal axis, a front, and a back;
at least two tissue grasping arms, each of the at least two tissue grasping arms comprising a first end portion, an elongated straight portion, and a second end portion, wherein the first end portions of the at least two tissue grasping arms are connected to the body, and the second end portion is pointed; and
one or more retaining portions positioned along the body or the at least two tissue grasping arms, the one or more retaining portions configured to grasp the tissue,
wherein the at least two tissue grasping arms have (i) a first condition in which the elongated straight portion of each of the at least two tissue grasping arms is disposed away from and behind the back of the body and (ii) a second condition in which the elongated straight portion of each of the at least two tissue grasping arms is rotated about the body towards the front of the body, such that once deployed in the tissue, the elongated straight portions of the at least two tissue grasping arms are located in front of the body to both grasp and tuck the tissue to be joined, and
wherein when the tissue clip is in the second condition, the tissue is tucked into a space between the at least two tissue grasping arms and the front of the body, the space being at least partially defined by a shape of the body when viewed from a top end or a bottom end along the longitudinal axis, the shape of the body being selected from the group consisting of a tongue, a triangle, and a rectangle.