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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2021
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Pedro J. del Nido, Lexington, MA (US);
Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Newton, MA (US);
Franz Freudenthal, La Paz, BO;
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A tissue clip for adjoining tissues including a body portion, a biasing mechanism interconnecting the body portion to a tissue grasping mechanism, the grasping mechanism having a first condition wherein the grasping mechanism is extending against and away from the body portion and a second condition wherein the grasping mechanism is biased against the body portion. A tissue clip and deployer combination. A method of interconnecting tissue by deploying the tissue clip, puncturing tissue to be interconnected with the tissue clip, and interconnecting the tissue. A method of treating an aneurism by deploying the tissue clip at an aneurism site, closing off the aneurism site with the tissue clip, and treating the aneurism. A method of imaging a surgical procedure with ultrasound by modifying a surface of a metal surgical instrument, and imaging the metal surgical instrument with ultrasound during a surgical procedure.