Patent ID: 8764773
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A dual-use compression clip and surgical port device having an open and a closed position and removably attachable to an applicator instrument having insertion elements, said device comprising: two compression elements, each element having formed thereon a bounding surface, said bounding surfaces being mutually complementary so as to combine to form the boundary of an opening when said device is in said open position; at least one hinge element for connecting said two compression elements to each other allowing said compression elements to move from an open arrangement corresponding to said open position to a closed arrangement corresponding to said closed position and vice versa; at least one force applier element which when said device is in said open position said at least one force applier element is biased to apply a force to keep said compression elements in said open arrangement and suitable for use as a surgical port, said at least one force applier element being selectably operable to apply to said compression elements a closure force and to maintain them in said closed arrangement when said compression elements have been brought to said closed arrangement; and at least one engageable surface feature formed on each of said compression elements and sized and configured to receive the insertion elements of the applicator instrument so that a force provided by the applicator instrument brings said compression elements from said open arrangement to said closed arrangement, thereby allowing said device to function as a compression clip when in said closed position; wherein each of said two compression elements of said device includes a lip and wherein said lip of one of said two compression elements are embedded a plurality of staples while in said lip of said second of said two compression elements are positioned a plurality of anvil recesses, said recesses positioned to be in registration with said staples, and when said compression elements are brought to said closed arrangement and under a force produced by said at least one force applier, said staples are crimped in said recesses after passing through tissue held between said compression elements.