Patent ID: 9044240
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for clipping tissue, comprising: a clip including first and second arms coupled to one another and biased toward an open configuration in which distal ends of the first and second arms are separated from one another; a core member including a proximal portion and a distal portion connected to one another via a link configured to separate the proximal portion from the distal portion when subjected to a predetermined tension, a distal end of the core member being directly coupled to only the first arm; and a capsule slidably housing the distal end of the core member and a proximal portion of the clip, the capsule being dimensioned so that, when the clip is drawn proximally thereinto, contact between the arms and the capsule move the arms toward one another into a closed, tissue-gripping configuration, the core member and the capsule being longitudinally movable relative to one another to move the clip between the closed tissue-gripping configuration and the open configuration.