Patent ID: 8133240

Claim:
A tissue clipping device comprising: an outer sleeve extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and including a first lumen extending therethrough; an inner sleeve within the outer sleeve and movable relative thereto, the inner sleeve extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and including a second lumen extending therethrough; a plurality of clips slidably received within the second lumen, each of the clips including a pair of opposing jaws coupled to one another at a proximal end, the jaws being biased toward a closed configuration in which distal ends of the jaws are adjacent one another; a pushing element within the second lumen positioned proximally of a proximal-most one of the clips and longitudinally movable relative to the inner sleeve to push the clips through the second lumen; and a clip opening element fixedly attached to the distal end of the inner sleeve including ramped surfaces positioned so that, when the pushing element pushes a distal-most one of the clips out of the distal end of the inner sleeve, contact between the ramped surfaces and distal ends of the jaws of the distal-most one of the clips spread the jaws apart from one another away from the closed configuration to a tissue receiving configuration.