Patent ID: 9642626
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A surgical clip, comprising: a relatively non-deformable first elongated external leg member extending along a first leg axis from a first proximal end to a first distal end, a relatively non-deformable first elongated internal leg member extending along the first leg axis from the first distal end to a first middle end, a relatively deformable first external apex member coupling the proximal end of the first elongated external leg member and the first elongated internal leg member whereby the first elongated external leg member and the first elongated internal leg member are substantially coplanar, further wherein the first elongated external leg member and the first elongated internal leg member have an external surface and an inner surface extending along the first leg axis, and have a cross-section transverse to the first leg axis and defined by a substantially curved boundary component; a relatively non-deformable second elongated external leg member extending along a second leg axis from a second proximal end to a second distal end, a relatively non-deformable second elongated internal leg member extending along the second external leg axis from the second distal end to a second middle end, a relatively deformable second external apex member coupling the proximal end of the second elongated external leg member and the second elongated internal leg member whereby the second elongated external leg member and the second elongated internal leg member are substantially coplanar, further wherein the second elongated external leg member and the second elongated internal leg member have an external surface extending and an inner surface along the second leg axis, and have a cross-section transverse to the second leg axis and defined by a substantially curved boundary component; and a relatively deformable internal apex member coupling the first middle end of the first elongated internal leg member with the second middle end of the second elongated internal leg member whereby the first leg axis and the second leg axis are substantially coplanar and substantially parallel and extend along a clip axis, whereby the first elongated internal leg member is opposite the first elongated internal leg member, further wherein the first elongated external leg member is opposite the second elongated external leg member; wherein the inner surface of the first elongated internal leg member contacts the inner surface of the second elongated internal leg member along an axis that is substantially parallel to the first leg axis and the second leg axis when the surgical clip is in a closed position.