US 12,150,644 B2
Suture clip and suture clip applier
Sebastian Khairkhahan, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Alexander Khairkhahan, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to VQuad Medical, LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Vquad Medical LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,002.
Application 17/740,002 is a division of application No. 16/241,855, filed on Jan. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,324,496.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/631,355, filed on Feb. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257238 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0487 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0488 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suture clip applier comprising:
a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
a magazine housing secured to the distal end of the shaft, said magazine housing having a dispensing slot;
a stack of suture clips disposed in the magazine housing, wherein the suture clips are held in an open configuration with spaced-apart suture engagement surfaces;
a mechanism for advancing a distal-most of the open suture clips to a position within the housing adjacent to the dispensing slot;
a mechanism for compressing the distal-most clip in the housing to secure sutures between the suture engagement surfaces;
wherein the compressed clip is configured to be released and passed passes through the slot after being compressed over a suture;
wherein each suture clip of the stack of suture clips comprises:
a disc body having two adjacent portions joined by a hinge at a first location on a perimeter of the disc body and having a latch at a second location on the perimeter of the disc body diametrically opposite to the first location,
wherein a first suture engagement surface of the spaced-apart suture engagement surfaces is disposed on a first portion of the disc body and a second suture engagement surface of the spaced-apart suture engagement surfaces is disposed on a second portion of the disc body, and
wherein the first and second suture engagement surfaces are configured to close sufficiently tightly to immobilize a pair of suture lengths therebetween when the two portions are closed and held together by the latch.