Patent ID: 9307984
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A tissue clip for adjoining tissues, the tissue clip comprising: a body including at least one elongated body portion having a longitudinal axis, a front, and a back; and at least two tissue grasping arms each grasping arm comprising an upper portion, an elongated straight portion, and a smooth pointed end portion, wherein the upper portions of the two tissue grasping arms are connected to the body by a biasing mechanism such that the elongated straight portion of each tissue grasping arm is oriented in the same longitudinal direction as the longitudinal axis of the elongated body portion, wherein the tissue grasping arms have a first condition in which the elongated straight portions of the tissue grasping arms are disposed away from and behind the back of the body and a second condition in which the elongated straight portions of the tissue grasping arms are rotated along their length and towards the front of the body, such that once deployed in tissue, the elongated straight portions of the 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 elongated straight portions and upper portions of the tissue grasping arms and the elongated body portion form a triangular structure, as viewed from a top or bottom end along the longitudinal axis, with the tissue tucked within the triangular structure.