US 11,980,371 B2
Indwelling clip
Tatsurou Sugitani, Tokyo (JP); Hikaru Mizuno, Tokyo (JP); and Masakazu Ninomiya, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to ZEON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/043,506
Filed by ZEON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/014281
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/189864, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-069010 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106335 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/122 (2013.01) [A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2017/12004 (2013.01); A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3941 (2016.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indwelling clip comprising a clip main body including:
a pair of arm plate portions configured to be opened in a substantially V shape with an elastic force;
claw portions formed on respective tip portions of the arm plate portions; and
a fastening ring attached to the arm plate portions so as to be movable along a longitudinal direction of the pair of arm plate portions and be able to close the pair of arm plate portions by moving in a direction of the claw portions,
wherein an outer surface of at least one of the claw portions is provided with a fluorescent body containing a fluorescent pigment emitting red or near infrared light by being irradiated with excitation light, and
wherein the fluorescent body protrudes from the at least one of the claw portions in a direction toward a tip side in the longitudinal direction of the arm plate portions, and a protrusion length of the fluorescent body from a tip portion of the arm plate portion is greater than the thickness of the claw portion.