Patent ID: 9597089
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A surgical clip, comprising: a first elongated member having a rounded outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface is configured to contact a first portion of a tubular bodily tissue, the inner surface of the first elongated member including a first recess spaced apart from a second recess, and having a central portion disposed between the first recess and the second recess with a plurality of teeth only in the central portion, wherein the plurality of teeth are formed by a plurality of grooves extending transverse to a longitudinal axis of the first elongated member, the first recess extending from a proximal end portion of the first elongated member to a distal end portion of the first elongated member, the second recess extending from the proximal end portion of the first elongated member to the distal end portion of the first elongated member and being substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first recess; and a second elongated member having a distal end portion operatively coupled to the distal end portion of the first elongated member, the second elongated member having a rounded outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface of the second elongated member including a third recess spaced apart from a fourth recess, and has a central portion disposed between the third recess and the fourth recess, the third recess extending from a proximal end portion of the second elongated member to the distal end portion of the second elongated member, the fourth recess extending from the proximal end portion of the second elongated member to the distal end portion of the second elongated member and being substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the third recess, wherein the inner surface of the second elongated member is configured to contact a second portion of the tubular bodily tissue opposite the first portion of the tubular bodily tissue, the second elongated member being separated from the first elongated member by a first distance when the surgical clip is in an open configuration, the second elongated member being substantially parallel to the first elongated member and separated from the first elongated member by a second distance less than the first distance when the surgical clip is in a closed configuration, wherein the first recess and the second recess are spaced apart a third distance, wherein the third recess and the fourth recess are spaced apart a fourth distance, and wherein the third distance and the fourth distance are equal.