US 12,232,742 B2
Systems and methods for endoscopic submucosal dissection
William Camisa, Los Altos, CA (US); Damian Muldoon, County Galway (IE); Damian Carr, Galway (IE); Rory O'Brien, County Tipperary (IE); and Shane Ward, Galway (IE)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/610,820
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
PCT Filed May 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/030907
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/231646, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,668, filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211385 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1285 (2013.01) [A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00358 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical clip, comprising:
an inner body having a slot defined in the inner body and an outer surface and first and second longitudinally-extending channels defined through the outer surface; an outer body disposed about the inner body, the outer body having a portion defining a slot that overlaps the slot defined in the inner body; first and second jaw members coupled to the inner body and configured to move between an open configuration and a closed configuration to grasp tissue therebetween, each of the first and second jaw members having a tab extending laterally from a proximal end portion of the respective first and second jaw members, wherein during movement of the first and second jaw members between the open and closed configurations, the tab of the first jaw member moves within the first longitudinally-extending channel and the tab of the second jaw member moves within the second longitudinally-extending channel; and
a release lever movably coupled to the inner body and disposed adjacent the proximal end portion of the first jaw member, wherein the release lever is engageable with the proximal end portion of the first jaw member to move a distal end portion of the first jaw member away from a distal end portion of the second jaw member.