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Patent No.:

US 12773217 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2023

Left atrial appendage clipping device and methods for clipping the laa

Applicant:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

William T. Bales, Miami, FL (US);

Derek Dee Deville, Coral Gables, FL (US);

Matthew A. Palmer, Miami, FL (US);

Richard Cartledge, Boca Raton, FL (US);

Michael Walter Kirk, Miami, FL (US);

Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Miami, FL (US);

M. Sean Mcbrayer, Coral Gables, FL (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:

Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Sarah A Long

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surgical clip delivery device end effector that is configured to implant a clip having a pair of opposing clip struts each having a proximal end and a distal end includes a clevis, a pair of jaws connected to the clevis, and a pair of clip-connecting ends configured to removably connect respectively to the pair of clip struts, at least one of the pair of clip-connecting ends connected to at least one of the pair of jaws with two angular degrees of freedom such that, responsive to connection of the clip struts of the clip to the clip-connecting ends, a movement of the jaws in an initial opening action separates the proximal ends of the clip struts before separating the distal ends of the clip struts.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Bales, William. (2026). Left atrial appendage clipping device and methods for clipping the laa (U.S. Patent No. 12773217). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12773217

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