US 12,419,647 B2
Ligation clip including flexible insert assembly
Zhihua Zhang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/282,070
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/081057
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/193125, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0148388 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/122 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00858 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ligation clip comprising:
a first arm including a first clamping surface and a first latching structure;
a second arm including a second clamping surface and a second latching structure; and
a hinge portion interconnecting the first arm and the second arm, the hinge portion defining a bore and including a body portion and a flexible insert assembly having a first insert, a second insert, and a third insert, the first arm and the second arm being transitionable between an open configuration, in which the first arm and the second arm are spaced apart, and a clamped configuration, in which the first latching structure of the first arm and the second latching structure of the second arm engage each other to clamp tissue between the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface,
wherein the first arm and the second arm have a first rigidity, wherein the body portion of the hinge portion has a second rigidity less than the first rigidity, and wherein at least one of the first insert, the second insert, or the third insert of the flexible insert assembly of the hinge portion has a third rigidity less than the second rigidity.