Patent ID: 8192349
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical device for changing the shape of hollow organs in the human body comprising: at least one mouth-like organ tissue clamping clip comprising two toothed jaws that are pivotably connected to each other by joints or flexible recesses wherein the clip is punched in one piece from a spring steel sheet in a way that a ring with partially different ring widths is worked from the steel sheet wherein two diametrically opposite ring sections with wide widths form the two toothed jaws whereas two ring sections in between with small ring widths form the joints or the flexible recesses, one of a flexible band, wire or tube threaded through a receiving element portion or hooking-in device configured as a through-hole in at least one toothed jaw having the wide width, wherein the through-hole is formed in the material of the clip when punching the clip, and by means of which a force causing a change of shape can be applied to the organ at least partially via the clip.