US 12,004,752 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 Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/342,533.
Application 18/342,533 is a continuation of application No. 17/131,975, filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Application 17/131,975 is a continuation of application No. 15/904,541, filed on Feb. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,898,204, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
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 2023/0338041 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/122 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/122 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1227 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion clip, comprising:
a first arm and a second arm separate from one another and each comprising an LAA tissue-contacting surface, a proximal end, and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein the first arm and the second arm are disposed to face the LAA tissue-contacting surfaces towards one another such that the proximal end of the first arm and the proximal end of the second arm together define a proximal clip end, wherein the distal end of the first arm and the distal end of the second arm define an open clip end opposite the proximal clip end;
a first spring connecting the first arm to the second arm; and
a second spring separate from the first spring, the second spring connecting the first arm to the second arm and disposed on an exterior surface of the first and second arms, wherein the first spring and the second spring cross over from the first arm to the second arm closer to the proximal clip end than the open clip end.