US 11,883,035 B2
Appendage clamp deployment assist device
Salvatore Privitera, Mason, OH (US); Matthew Monti, Cincinnati, OH (US); Adam Harp, Cincinnati, OH (US); Kenneth Lance Miller, Hamilton, OH (US); and Jason Iain Glithero, McDonough, GA (US)
Assigned to AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed by AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/342,508.
Application 18/342,508 is a continuation of application No. 16/536,936, filed on Aug. 9, 2019.
Application 16/536,936 is a continuation of application No. 14/585,712, filed on Dec. 30, 2014, granted, now 10,433,854, issued on Oct. 8, 2019.
Application 14/585,712 is a continuation of application No. 13/282,775, filed on Oct. 27, 2011, granted, now 9,017,349, issued on Apr. 28, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/407,150, filed on Oct. 27, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338043 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1227 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An occlusion system comprising:
an occlusion clamp comprising a first beam comprising a first pocket and a second beam comprising a second pocket, wherein the first and second beams are biased toward one another by a first elastic wire and a second elastic wire, and wherein each of the first and second pockets is closed along a longitudinal, dominant dimension of the respective pocket; and
an occlusion clamp deployment device comprising a pair of repositionable shafts removably coupled to the occlusion clamp and configured to assist in separating the first and second beams, each repositionable shaft configured to be received within a respective one of the first and second pockets.