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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2014
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Tiffany Burleigh, Logan Central, AU;
Michael Junger, Brookfield, AU;
Andrew Robert Leslie Stevenson, Newport, AU;
Anton Lee-See, Camp Hill, AU;
James Macnaughtan, Fig Tree Pocket, AU;
Cambell Smyth, Highgate Hill, AU;
Chris Townsend, Gordon Park, AU;
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A surgical clamp assemblyfor use in keyhole surgery is disclosed. The assembly includes: a surgical clampfor forming a clamping loop around a bodily lumen. The clamp includes: a strap, the strap including an elongate grippable portion; and a headincluding a gripper, the gripper having an open mouth, the open mouth shaped to allow lateral entry of the strap into the gripper so as to form the clamping loop. The assembly further includes: a deployment tubefor deploying the clamp through a keyhole; and a manipulatorfor manipulating the clamp through the deployment tube. The elongate body is biased to move from a constrained generally straight condition within the deployment tube to an unrestrained curled condition within a patient. A surgical clamp assembly, that includes a surgical clamp is also disclosed.