US 12,453,549 B2
Device and method for unlatching a surgical clip
Jessica Boyers, Morrisville, NC (US); and Jessie Delgado, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed by TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,580.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/185,920, filed on May 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354484 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0487 (2013.01) [A61B 17/282 (2013.01); A61B 2017/049 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for unlatching a clip from a latched configuration, the clip comprising first and second leg members, the first leg member having a hook member and the second leg member having a tip member restrained by the hook member in the latched configuration, the device comprising:
a first jaw member configured to press on an outer surface of the first leg member to release the clip from the latched configuration; and
a second jaw member having a wall configured to engage the hook member and a channel configured to receive the tip member when unrestrained by the hook member;
wherein the wall has a groove configured to receive the hook member, and the groove has a distal slope configured to deflect the hook member.