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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Jean-luc Boulnois, Boston, MA (US);
Tomohiro Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Masayasu Sato, Saitama-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MICROLINE SURGICAL, INC., Beverly, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2905 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clip applier includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. Further, the distal end of the shaft includes a flexible tool having at least two rails connected to each other by at least one jointed connection, and the at least two rails configured to rotate about the jointed connection. Additionally, a pair of jaws may be provided at a distal end of the flexible tool. Further, an actuator may be provided at the proximal end of the shaft to advance the surgical clip within the flexible tool.