Patent ID: 8454630
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical device comprising: first and second elongate arms, each arm comprising a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the arms being pivotably connected about a connection located on each arm and forming a pivot point to allow relative motion between the first and second arms, the distal end portion of each of the first and second arms further comprising a track blindly defined from a distal end of each arm toward the proximal end portion of each arm, the distal end portions opposing eachother; a clip slidably disposed between the opposed distal end portions of the first and second arms, the clip comprising first and second fingers each with distal and proximal portions, the proximal portions of the first and second fingers being fixed together to bias the distal portions of the first and second fingers toward each other to a closed position, the first and second fingers each further comprising a pin extending radially outward from the distal portion thereof and extending from a side of the respective first or second finger opposite to a clamping surface thereof; wherein the pin from the first finger is slidably received within the track of the first arm, and the pin from the second finger is slidably received within the track of the second arm, wherein the first finger is associated with the first arm and the second finger is associated with the second arm, such that relative motion of the first and second arms away from each other urges similar relative motion of the first and second fingers away from each other.