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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Richard A. Gambale, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Michael F. Weiser, Groton, MA (US);
Edward Carlton Page, Baldwinville, MA (US);
Alexander Kolnick, Marblehead, MA (US);
Richard A. Gambale, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Michael F. Weiser, Groton, MA (US);
Edward Carlton Page, Baldwinville, MA (US);
Alexander Kolnick, Marblehead, MA (US);
C.R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are suture clips that include a plug, a ring, and a shaft. Also provided is a catheter that includes a collet cage with a plurality of flexible collet fingers that engage a suture clip ring and a suture clip plug for assembly with a suture. The catheter is designed to hold and assemble the suture clip in a first position and release the suture clip and sever the suture ends proximal to the suture clip in a second position.