Apparatus and method for compressing body tissue

Surgery – Instruments – Suture – ligature – elastic band or clip applier

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C606S151000, C606S157000

Reexamination Certificate

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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.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5976159 (1999-11-01), Bolduc et al.
patent: 6171321 (2001-01-01), Bolduc et al.
patent: 6183446 (2001-02-01), Show et al.

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