Apparatus and method for compressing body tissue

Details Apparatus and method for compressing body tissue Apparatus and method for compressing body tissue

A - Human Necessities

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B

A61B 17/10 (2006.01) A61B 17/03 (2006.01) A61B 17/08 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2359763

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.

L'invention concerne un système et un procédé utilisés pour fournir une pince chirurgicale sur un emplacement chirurgical situé sur le corps d'un patient afin de comprimer le tissu cellulaire. Dans l'un des modes de réalisation du système de la présente invention, on trouve un appareil endoscopique doté d'un bonnet endoscope placé à une extrémité distale de l'appareil endoscopique. Une pince chirurgicale est placée sur une surface externe de ce bonnet endoscope, de manière à pouvoir être retirée. Un appareil de déploiement est associé à la pince chirurgicale afin de déployer celle-ci, à partir du bonnet endoscope jusqu'au tissu cellulaire qui doit être comprimé.

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