Patent ID: 11896235
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A clipping system, comprising:
an applicator including a flexible shall extending from a proximal end which, in an operative configuration, remains outside a living body to a distal end which, in the operative configuration, is inserted into the living body to a site adjacent to target tissue to be clipped;
a clip releasably coupled to the applicator via a bushing at the distal end of the flexible shaft, the clip including:
a capsule including a channel extending therethrough; and
a pair of clip arms, proximal ends of which are slidably received within the channel of the capsule to move the clip arms between an open configuration, in which distal ends thereof are separated from one another, and a closed configuration, in which the distal end of the clip arms are drawn toward one another; and

a control member extending through the flexible shaft from a proximal end to a distal end releasably coupled to the proximal ends of the clip arms to move the clip arms between the open and the closed configurations, the distal end including a middle portion received between the proximal ends of the clip arms, a first portion of a pin and a second portion of the pin extending away from opposing surfaces of the middle portion to be received in openings extending through proximal ends of the clip arms to maintain an alignment of the clip arms relative to one another, the first and second portions being pulled proximally out of the openings of the clip arms and past a proximal edge thereof when a predetermined force is exerted on the clip arms via the distal end.