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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2021
Brian Lim, Irvine, CA (US);
Brian Lim, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A gastrointestinal tissue approximation clip system for approximating tissue defects, which includes an applicator that is sized to travel through an instrument channel of an endoscope; first and second tissue approximation clips that are transported to first and second locations of a tissue defect respectively by the applicator to approximate the tissue defect; first and second sutures attached to the first and second tissue approximation clips respectively; a clip approximation means for approximating the first and second tissue approximation clips. The clip approximation means and the first and second tissue approximation clips are sized to travel through the instrument channel, and the first and second tissue approximation clips are adapted to be detachably coupled to the applicator.