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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventor:
Gerold Zieris, Mühlheim, DE;
Assignee:
AESCULAP AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/083 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical clip includes two clip branches, each clip branch having a clamping portion, an actuating portion, and a flexural spring arrangement by which the two clip branches are coupled to each other preferably in one material piece. The flexural spring arrangement includes a coupling device by means of which selected portions of the flexural spring arrangement can be short-circuited for spring biasing and possibly for varying, preferably reducing, the active total spring length thereof.