US 12,245,770 B2
Surgical tool
Keith Edward Martin, Dayton, OH (US); Michael J. Banchieri, Discovery Bay, CA (US); Haskell Simpkins, Cincinnati, OH (US); Benjamin Krupp, Wyoming, OH (US); and David Parrot, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed by AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/829,998.
Application 16/829,998 is a continuation of application No. 14/799,576, filed on Jul. 15, 2015, granted, now 10,631,874.
Prior Publication US 2020/0222056 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1285 (2013.01) [A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00314 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00318 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0069 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2937 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2939 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of deploying an occlusion clip comprising:
inserting an occlusion clip removably mounted to an end effector deployment device having repositionable jaws through at least one of an incision and a trocar, the occlusion clip and the end effector deployment device mounted to one another when inserted into and through at least one of the incision and the trocar;
repositioning the repositionable jaws of the end effector deployment device in parallel from a closed position to an open position to concurrently reposition opposed beams of the occlusion clip, without changing the shape of the opposed beams, so the opposed beams are interposed by a portion of a left atrial appendage by passing a tip of the left atrial appendage between the opposing beams;
clamping the left atrial appendage between the opposed beams, by repositioning the repositionable jaws of the end effector deployment device, without piercing the left atrial appendage by the opposed beams;
disengaging the occlusion clip from the end effector deployment device; and,
withdrawing the end effector deployment device through at least one of the incision and the trocar.