Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Trocar site closure clip
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Application No.: US17059354Application Date: 2019-06-11
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Publication No.: US11986176B2Publication Date: 2024-05-21
- Inventor: Scott D. Cambron , Daniel S. Metzinger , Robert S. Keynton , Hares A. Patel , Dakota J. Waldecker
- Applicant: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KY Louisville
- Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
- Current Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Louisville
- Agency: Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP
- Agent Brian W. Chellgren
- International Application: PCT/US2019/036524 2019.06.11
- International Announcement: WO2019/241229A 2019.12.19
- Date entered country: 2020-11-27
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00

Abstract:
A trocar site closure clip includes a generally triangular central body, a pair of arms extending from the body, and an elongated support extending from the body between the arms. In use, the clip is advanced into a patient through a trocar, the trocar removed, then the clip partially retracted to engage and pierce the patients tissue. The biodegradable clip remains in the patients tissue, at least partially blocking the trocar site, and degrades over time as the patient heals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210212673A1 TROCAR SITE CLOSURE CLIP Public/Granted day:2021-07-15
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