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7621927 |
Medical instrument with a mechanical coupling
A medical instrument is disclosed having a flexible tube, an end effector, and an actuator. A control member, such as a control wire, can extend through the flexible tube. A mechanical coupling is...
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7615058 |
Surgical clip applier having jaws adapted to guide and deform a clip
A flexible clip applier includes a flat wire wound tubular coil, a pair of jaws at the end of the coil, end effector wires extending through the coil and coupled to the jaws, and a clip-advancing...
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7585304 |
Endoscopic clip applying apparatus with improved aperture for clip release and related method
An apparatus for applying surgical clips includes a jaw assembly and a jaw opening member. The jaw assembly includes first and second opposing pivotable jaw members that define a variable-width jaw...
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7572266 |
Clip applier tool having a discharge configuration
A surgical ligation instrument and method for ligating a fluid carrying structure are provided. In one aspect, there is provided a surgical ligation instrument and method for deploying a spring...
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7569063 |
Instrument for storing and dispensing a surgical fastener
The device, designed to be fixed to the distal end of a fastener-positioning instrument, comprises a plane transverse distal end, a split first longitudinal channel and a second longitudinal...
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7559450 |
Surgical instrument incorporating a fluid transfer controlled articulation mechanism
A surgical instrument particularly suited to endoscopic use articulates an end effector by including a fluid transfer articulation mechanism that is proximally controlled. A fluid control, which is...
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7452368 |
System for holding surgical fasteners
A system for holding surgical fasteners each having a first anchor, a second anchor and a connector extending therebetween upwardly from the first and second anchors, and a method for loading the...
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7422137 |
Anastomosis instrument and method for performing same
A surgical instrument for creating an anastomosis includes a housing, a handle extending from the housing and a fastener support member extending distally from the housing. The fastener support...
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7419495 |
Trigger lockout device for clip applying instrument
A trigger lockout device for a clip applying instrument. The lockout device includes a displaceable slider actuable by squeezing a trigger slidable in first and second directions a longitudinal...
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7371243 |
Surgical apparatus and method for anastomosis
A system for performing anastomosis between a graft vessel and a target vessel includes a tissue effector having an anvil and a staple holder movable relative to one another, with a graft affixer...
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7357806 |
Clip ejector for endoscopic clip applier
A flexible endoscopic clip applier includes a flexible coil, a manual actuator coupled to one end and a jaw assembly coupled to the other. A store of clips is arranged adjacent to the jaw assembly...
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7331969 |
Micro tools
Tool arrays for biomedical surgery where the tools consist of layered polymer micromuscles arranged to induce geometrical changes and movements via an electrochemically induced change of volume in...
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7300444 |
Surgical system and method for connecting hollow tissue structures
A system for performing anastomosis between a graft vessel and a target vessel includes a tissue effector that may be configured to deploy a user-selectable number of connectors. The system...
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7270670 |
Minimally-invasive surgical system utilizing a stabilizer
A minimally-invasive anastomosis system includes a suspension that connects an anastomosis tool to a stabilizer. The stabilizer may be rigidly connected to a retractor or other structure that is...
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7264625 |
Surgical clip applier with remote operation
A surgical clip applier for use in closing wounds under the microscope in small blood vessels modifies a well-known clip applier system to make more steady and reliable the application of very...
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7261724 |
Surgical clip advancement mechanism
A surgical clip applier and methods for applying surgical clips to a vessel, duct, shunt, etc., during a surgical procedure are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical clip applier is...
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7223272 |
Endoscopic clip applier with hermaphroditic jaws mounted on non-collinear axes
A clip applier includes a flexible coil with a manual actuator coupled to one end and a jaw assembly coupled to the other end. A store of clips is adjacent to the jaw assembly and a clip pusher is...
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7211092 |
Automated-feed surgical clip applier and related methods
A surgical clip applying apparatus comprises an actuator device, a ratchet mechanism, a locking mechanism, and a clip driving device. The actuator device comprises an interior and a cam mechanism...
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7207997 |
Ligation clip and clip applier
The ligation clip applicator and ligation clip design are provided which are particularly applicable to placement of a surgical ligation clip during a laparoscopic surgical procedure. The clip...
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7179265 |
Reduced diameter clip applying arrangement
A clip applying device for the insertion and pinching of a medical clip within a mammalian body portion. The device comprises a housing supporting a proximal end of a delivery tube of the device. A...
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7156863 |
Fundoplication apparatus and method
An endoscopic device for the partial fundoplication for the treatment of GERD, comprises: a) a distal bending portion and a flexible portion suitable to be positioned in extended shape within the...
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7141056 |
Multiplier extension arrangement
An elongated medical clip applying device having a handle grip assembly on a proximal end thereof and an elongated channel with a pair of squeezable jaws on a distal end thereof. A push rod...
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7105000 |
Surgical jaw assembly with increased mechanical advantage
A flexible clip applier includes a ratchet mechanism adapted to locate a clip pusher to a known location after deployment of a distalmost clip. In addition, the clip applier includes a flexible...
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7090685 |
Surgical tool having a distal ratchet mechanism
A flexible clip applier includes a ratchet mechanism adapted to locate a clip pusher to a known location after deployment of a distalmost clip. In addition, the clip applier includes a flexible...
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7087064 |
Apparatuses and methods for heart valve repair
A medical device for treating a heart having a faulty heart valve is disclosed. The medical device comprises a ligature including a first anchoring member and a second anchoring member is used. The...
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7070602 |
Method of applying surgical clips to tissue
A flexible clip applier includes a flat wire wound outer tubular coil, a pair of jaws at the end of the coil, end effector wires extending through the coil and coupled to the jaws, and a...
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7056330 |
Method for applying tissue fastener
A method for applying a surgical fastener including the steps of providing a fastener applier having an elongated shaft with at least one fastener located within the elongated shaft. The fastener...
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7052504 |
Automated-feed surgical clip applier and related methods
A surgical clip applying apparatus comprises an actuator device, a pair of opposing jaws, and an elongate assembly interposed therebetween. A clip driving device disposed in the elongate assembly...
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7033379 |
Suture lock having non-through bore capture zone
A suture lock utilizes a first engaging element and a second engaging element to define a non-through bore capture zone. Each of the engaging elements possesses a surface including at least one...
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7011667 |
Apparatus for ligating living tissues
The present invention has an introducing tube capable of being inserted into a living body cavity, a manipulating wire movably inserted into this introducing tube, at least two or more clips, and a...
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7008435 |
Surgical stapling device and method
A surgical stapling device is provided having an elongate housing and a surgical staple slidable longitudinally within the housing towards a free forward end thereof, the staple having a back and...
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7001399 |
Multiple hemoclip system for an endoscope
Spring clips are arranged end to end in a cavity of an inner shaft. Such shaft slides within an outer shaft, and a pusher member slides in the cavity behind the clips. The clips have jaws biased...
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6990796 |
Robotic loader for surgical stapling cartridge
A means and method for inserting drivers into a surgical stapling cartridge, including a pallet that holds the cartridge firmly. The pallet has a central slot and laterally positioned lip members...
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6986775 |
Devices and methods for heart valve repair
Methods and devices provide constriction of a heart valve annulus to treat cardiac valve regurgitation and other conditions. Embodiments typically include a device for attaching a cinching or...
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6973770 |
Pallet for surgical stapling cartridge
A means and method for inserting drivers into a surgical stapling cartridge, including a pallet that holds the cartridge firmly. The pallet has a central slot and laterally positioned lip members...
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6945979 |
Surgical device having a handle adapted to impart tensile and compressive forces to elements at a distal end of the device
A flexible clip applier includes a flat wire wound tubular coil, a pair of jaws at the end of the coil, end effector wires extending through the coil and coupled to the jaws, and a clip-advancing...
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6911033 |
Medical clip applying device
A medical clip applying device for crimping a clip onto a mammalian tissue. The clip applying device comprises a handle grip assembly having a handle and a pivotable trigger arranged onto the...
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6896683 |
Surgical instrument with improved handle assembly
A modulator clip applier includes a cartridge containing multiple surgical clips, and a handle assembly for operating the cartridge to crimp one of the clips onto body tissue of a patient. The...
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6849079 |
Clip detent spring for repeating multi-clip applier
A clip detent spring forming part of a mechanism for inserting clips into the jaws of a clip applying instrument performs the tasks of engaging and separating a first in line clip from a line of...
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6843794 |
Surgical clip applier having jaws adapted to guide and deform a clip
A flexible clip applier includes a flat wire wound tubular coil, a pair of jaws at the end of the coil, end effector wires extending through the coil and coupled to the jaws, and a clip-advancing...
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6837895 |
Instrument for placing surgical clips
An instrument for placing U-shaped surgical clips comprising a magazine that has a distal and a proximal end in which several clips are arranged one behind the other in a guide that can be pushed...
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6824548 |
Flexible surgical clip applier
A flexible clip applier includes a flat wire wound tubular coil, a pair of jaws at the end of the coil, end effector wires extending through the coil and coupled to the jaws, and a clip-advancing...
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6824547 |
Endoscopic clip applier and method
An endoscopic clip applier is adapted to retain a plurality of polymeric latching clips in an elongate assembly, and includes a jaw assembly for applying a polymeric latching clip. The jaw assembly...
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6793663 |
Surgical applicator tip for delivering clips of clamps
In a surgical applicator tip for delivering clips used for connecting tissues, the applicator tip includes a magazine chamber, which receives a magazine with clips having tissue engagement claws...
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6716226 |
Surgical clip
A surgical clip includes a U-shaped configuration with first and second arms, and a bridge portion therebetween. The first arm is provided with a tip preferably having a catch, and the second arm...
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6695854 |
Blood vessel clip and applicator
A blood vessel clip applicator preferably includes two twist pins at one end, between which a blood vessel is placed before occlusion. A magazine in the blood vessel clip applicator preferably...
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RE38445 |
Pistols for setting surgical clamps
A pistol for setting surgical clamps has a clamp magazine disposed at the distal end of a tubular endoscopic shaft, a feeding mechanism for the clamps, and forceps with an associated forceps...
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6673083 |
Method for blood vessel clip application
A blood vessel clip applicator comprises a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of blood vessel clips therein and two twist pins at one end, whereby the twist pins can be rotated to compress a...
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6652539 |
Method for applying a ligation clip
The ligation clip applicator and ligation clip design are provided which are particularly applicable to placement of a surgical ligation clip during a laparoscopic surgical procedure. The clip...
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6652538 |
Apparatus and method for surgical fastening
Apparatus and methods for applying fasteners during endoscopic surgery. The apparatus generally comprises a handle portion, a triggering mechanism and a fastener applicator. One embodiment of the...
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