Patent ID: 7896896

Claim:
A spring clip for occluding a vessel comprising: a planar base; a jaw in a substantially planar arrangement with the base, the jaw including substantially coplanar elongate first and second arms having front and tail ends, the tail ends being in flexible communication with the base to define a first longitudinal plane, the front ends being moveable from a first state to a second state along an axis perpendicular to the first longitudinal plane, wherein the first arm is spaced apart from the second arm defining a slot therebetween configured to receive and occlude a vessel, the slot having a width less than a width of either the first or second arms and defining a second longitudinal plane extending perpendicular to the first longitudinal plane; and a tab disposed on the front end of each of the first and second arms wherein at least a portion of each tab extends through the second longitudinal plane when the first and second arms are in the first and second states and at least a portion of each tab are in contact with each other when the front ends are in the first state and the tabs are vertically spaced apart when the front ends are in the second state.