Patent ID: 8100926

Claim:
A surgical clip, comprising: an elongate upper jaw having a proximal end and a distal end, and an elongate lower jaw having one and other ends; a hinge member that supports at a base thereof the one end of the elongated lower jaw; said elongated lower jaw including an elongated substantially straight piece extending from said base, and at the other end thereof a reversed segment contiguous with said elongated substantially straight piece and forming a latch for engagement with the upper jaw; said reversed segment being substantially shorter in length then the length of said elongated substantially straight piece; said hinge member including a hinge pin disposed over the base of the hinge member and spaced from and over the one end of the elongated lower jaw; said elongated upper jaw including, at the proximal end thereof, a proximal straight section supported for pivoting at the hinge pin, and an arcuate shaped section contiguously adjoining the proximal straight section and extending distally thereof and away from the hinge pin; said arcuate shaped section including a first arcuate shaped portion contiguous with said proximal straight section and a second arcuate shaped portion contiguous with said first arcuate shaped portion disposed at an opposite end of said first arcuate shaped portion to said proximal straight section; said elongated upper and lower jaws having respective facing surfaces; said first arcuate shaped portion having a first radius of curvature in its facing surface that is greater than a radius of curvature of said second arcuate shaped portion which has a second radius of curvature in its facing surface; wherein the first and second arcuate shaped portions are both defined in the facing surface of the upper jaw; wherein the first radius of curvature and the second radius of curvature are both defined by respective centers of curvature located on a side of the upper jaw having the facing surface; a distal straight section contiguous with said second arcuate shaped portion and disposed at the opposite end of said second arcuate shaped portion to the hinge pin; said distal straight section having a free end that extends in a direction distally of said hinge pin.