Karlsruher Institut Fur Technologie

Joimax Gmbh

Knorr-bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh

Claas Fertigungstechnik Gmbh

Mbb Fertigungstechnik Gmbh

Günter Herrmann

Wolfgang Ries

Thomas Feucht

Frank Scholl

Klaus-Peter Brhel

Bernhard Kneifel

Rainer Körber

Ekaterina Notheis

Ekatarina Notheis

Oswin Mössner

A device and method are provided for clips or staples as an effective substitute for suture material when joining body tissue or covering body tissue with a mesh, such as is particularly used in fracture operations. The device for applying a medical lockable clip () in a tissue area, includes a) an automatic advancing mechanism oriented in the direction of the tissue area from a starting position and having a guide in the advancing direction for the clip, wherein the clip has two gripper teeth oriented in the advancing direction, b) a stop for the advancing mechanism, and c) a locking element displaceable with the advancing mechanism and having a locking mechanism on the clip side for locking the clip, wherein d) the locking element is displaceable together with and parallel to the advancing mechanism, and e) the stop does not limit the motion of the locking element.

Device and method for applying a medical lockable clip in a tissue area

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Grünstadt, Germany

Günter Herrmann