Patent ID: 9730702
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: inserting a distal segment of a tissue clipping device into a living body until a distal end is adjacent target tissue, the device including an outer shaft slidably receiving an inner shaft therein, the inner shaft forming an elongated cavity with a first clip slidably received therein, the first clip including opposing jaws biased toward one another; operating a pusher member enclosed within and slideably received in the inner shaft distally through the inner shaft to slide the first clip through the cavity until the opposing jaws of the first clip contact a wedging side of a clip opening component at the distal end of the inner shaft to separate the jaws of the first clip from one another, the pusher member being operated to move the first clip distally until the jaws project from the distal end of the device; receiving the target tissue between the opposing jaws of the first clip; releasing the opposing jaws of the first clip to capture the target tissue therebetween under a clamping force provided by the bias of the opposing jaws of the first clip; and ejecting the first clip distally from the device by moving the outer shaft distally relative to the first clip, the first clip including a projection engaging a distal portion of the outer shaft as the outer shaft is moved distally relative to the first clip as the first clip is ejected from the elongated inner shaft.