Patent ID: 8795302
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical clip for occluding a compressible tube-like body passageway having a longitudinal axis, the surgical clip comprising: a) a generally planar base portion having b) a first resilient arm having c) a second resilient arm having a portion of the planar base portion and the first and second resilient arms being adapted to define, in the open condition of the clip, a gap in which the body passageway can be received with its longitudinal axis lying in the central plane parallel to the first and second directions when the clip engages the body passageway in the forward direction of approach; and d) a reaction portion having wherein the first and second resilient arms are adapted to move, under a resilient restoring force, from the open condition to the closed condition of the clip in which the third contact surface bears against the body passageway in generally the direction of approach and the first and second contact surfaces bear against the body passageway in generally the opposite direction to the direction of approach, the distal end portion of the first resilient arm being angled in the first direction away from the first face plane and the distal end portion of the second resilient arm being angled in the second direction away from the second face plane; whereby the clip is capable of gripping the body passageway by the first, second and third contact surfaces of the clip at three distinct locations on the longitudinal axis of the body passageway, the third location being distinct from and between the first and second locations.