Patent ID: 8518060
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system for drawing together patient tissue, comprising: a medical clip including: a central hub having a hub axis; and a plurality of tines each having a tine axis, said plurality of tines coupled to said central hub; wherein each individual one of said plurality of tines has a sharpened tip and is resiliently biased to form a coil with said tip pointing radially outward from said hub axis with an approximately common angle between adjacent ones of said plurality of tines; wherein each coil of each individual one of said plurality of tines comprises at least one full revolution winding about a central axis orthogonal to said hub axis; and a sheath comprising a lumen, said clip being configured to be drawn into said lumen; wherein each of said plurality of tines may be flexed to be approximately linear when said clip is drawn into said sheath; and wherein each tine axis of each of said plurality of tines is parallel to said hub axis when said clip is drawn into said sheath.