Patent ID: 7896895

Claim:
A surgical clip, comprising: a spine having a height defined by a top edge and a bottom edge and extending along a longitudinal axis of the clip from at least one of a first clip end and a second clip end; opposed arms extending from the top and bottom edges of the spine, the arms having a substantially straight length extending transverse to the longitudinal axis, the arms biased to a closed position such that ends of each opposed arm are disposed in proximity to each other to define a tissue-clamping region having a clamping length defined by the arms; a frangible portion at a location along a length of the clip such that the clamping length of the tissue-clamping region can be selectively controlled; and an incising element integrally formed on the spine and extending between the top edge to the bottom edge and configured to incise tissue in a direction parallel with the longitudinal axis of the clip.