US 12,446,868 B2
Clip and a method for releasably securing two elongated members together
John O'Dea, Bearna (IE); Hilary Elizabeth Barrett, Limerick (IE); Martin James Hamilton Bruggemann, County Laois (IE); and Paul Maurice Cremin, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to Palliare Limited, Galway (IE)
Appl. No. 17/996,208
Filed by Palliare Limited, Galway (IE)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IE2021/000008
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/209983, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. S2020/0061 (IE), filed on Apr. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190080 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61B 1/0014 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00296 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clip assembly for releasably securing a pair of elongated members together, the clip assembly comprising:
a plurality of the clips, each clip comprising:
a body member,
a pair of spaced apart first side members extending from the body member, the first side members defining a first channel and cooperating with each other for releasably gripping and retaining a first one of the members to be secured together in the first channel,
a pair of second side members extending from the body member, the second side members defining a passageway for accommodating a second one of the members to be secured together therein, and
a pair of spaced apart tether accommodating apertures in or on the body member, defining respective tether central axes extending parallel to each other, and
a tether in the form of an endless loop, one leg of the loop passing through one of the tether accommodating apertures of the respective clips and the other leg of the loop passing through the other one of the tether accommodating apertures of the respective clips, with the clips retained in series by the tether.