Surgery – Instruments – Suture – ligature – elastic band or clip applier
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-01
2005-02-01
Jackson, Gary (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier
C606S151000, C606S157000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06849078
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for delivering a surgical clip to a surgical site within a patient's body to compress body tissue is disclosed. In one embodiment for the system of the present invention, the system includes an endoscopic device that has an endoscope cap disposed on a distal end of the endoscopic device. A surgical clip is removably disposed on an outside surface of the endoscope cap. A deployment device is associated with the surgical clip for deploying the surgical clip from the endoscope cap to the body tissue that is to be compressed.
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Buess Gerhard
Durgin Russell F.
Fischer Harald
Schurr Marc O.
Vogel Bernd
Jackson Gary
Jones William W.
Ovesco Endoscopy, GmbH
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