US 11,911,042 B2
Occlusion clip
Matthew J. Winkler, Liberty Township, OH (US); and Kenneth Lance Miller, Hamilton, OH (US)
Assigned to AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed by AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/131,975.
Application 17/131,975 is a continuation of application No. 15/904,541, filed on Feb. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,898,204.
Application 15/904,541 is a continuation of application No. 14/085,836, filed on Nov. 21, 2013, granted, now 9,901,351, issued on Feb. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/729,023, filed on Nov. 21, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106336 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/122 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/122 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1227 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using an occlusion clamp, the method comprising:
repositioning a tongs so that tissue interposes the tongs, the tongs comprising a first longitudinal segment operatively coupled proximally to a second longitudinal segment, the tongs including a first spring exerting a proximal bias tending to direct a proximal portion of each of the first and second longitudinal segments toward one another, where each of the first and second longitudinal segments includes a distal free end;
repositioning a second spring distally along each of the first and second longitudinal segments to exert a bias tending to direct a distal portion of each of the first and second longitudinal segments toward one another;
where repositioning of the tongs so that tissue interposes the tongs precedes repositioning the second spring distally along each of the first and second longitudinal segments.