Patent ID: 8998935
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical device to constrict or occlude a body tissue or vessel, comprising: a first tissue-engaging member having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, opposed walls and a first connecting wall defining a first elongate channel extending from the first end to the second end and the first elongate channel being open at the first end and the second end; a second tissue-engaging member opposed to the first tissue-engaging member having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, opposed walls and a second connecting wall defining a second elongate channel extending from the first end to the second end and the second elongate channel being open at the first end and the second end; and a securing member for securing the first and the second tissue-engaging members such that front faces of the first and the second connecting walls are opposed to each other, the securing member comprising a spring clip generating a securing force; wherein the securing member has a distal-most face defining a tapered surface that is slidably advanceable into the first and the second elongate channels to securely clamp the first and the second tissue-engaging members around the body tissue or vessel.