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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2011
Thomas J. Palermo, San Jose, CA (US);
William M. Belef, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael T. Carley, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard S. Ginn, Gilroy, CA (US);
Anthony J. Pantages, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald J. Jabba, Redwood City, CA (US);
Brian A. Ellingwood, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Laveille Kao Voss, Belmont, CA (US);
Kelly J. Mccrystle, Menlo Park, CA (US);
T. Daniel Gross, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Arkady Kokish, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Thomas J. Palermo, San Jose, CA (US);
William M. Belef, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael T. Carley, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard S. Ginn, Gilroy, CA (US);
Anthony J. Pantages, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald J. Jabba, Redwood City, CA (US);
Brian A. Ellingwood, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Laveille Kao Voss, Belmont, CA (US);
Kelly J. McCrystle, Menlo Park, CA (US);
T. Daniel Gross, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Arkady Kokish, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Integrated Vascular Systems, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for delivering a closure element can include a splittable carrier tube and a splitter to split the tube. The carrier tube can have an outer surface retaining a closure element in a tubular configuration and can be split into radially-expandable flaps. A closure element can have a shape-memory body having a relaxed configuration with a planar-annular body defining a lumen with tines directed inwardly from the body. The clip can be held in a retaining configuration having a substantially asymmetrically-elongated tubular shape with a trapezoidal longitudinal cross-sectional profile and a proximal end having the tines being longitudinally directed with a first tine being more distally oriented compared to a substantially opposite second tine being more proximal, and retracting to a deploying configuration having a tubular shape with a rectangular longitudinal cross-sectional profile with the first tine being even with the second tine when being delivered.