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Surgical silicon loops
Assignee: Life Centers Inc
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Filing: 1989-06-22
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Granted: 1990-07-03
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Expires: 2009-06-22
Abstract
Abstract A vessel occluding loop 10 for occluding the flow of blood in a vessel 30 is disclosed. The loop 10 has an elongate body having an outer surface. The outer surface has a plurality of elongate engaging surfaces 11. The engaging surfaces 11 define a generally planar area of contact for contact with a blood vessel. The engaging surfaces have a first member 12, a second member 13, and third member 14 which form the preferably planar engaging surface. Depressed zones 18 and 19 are formed between the members, wherein the blood vessel may enter the depressed zones 18 and 19 when the loop is wrapped around the blood vessel 30, thereby increasing traction.
Inventors
- 👤 Larry A. Rasmusson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 22:37
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/12; A61B17/12009; A61B2017/12018
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A vessel occluding loop for occluding the flow of blood in a vessel, the loop having an elongate body having a bore formed through the length of the elongate body and having an outer surface, the outer surface having at least six engaging surface around the loops periphery, each engaging surface comprising a plurality of members, the members each having a top and the tops forming the engaging surface, each of the engaging surfaces have first, second and third members, the members each having a planar top, and a depressed zone formed between the members, wherein the blood vessel may be compressed to enter the depressed zone when the loop is wrapped around the blood vessel, thereby increasing traction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A vessel occluding loop for occluding the flow of blood in a vessel, the loop having an elongate body having a bore formed through the length of the elongate body and having an outer surface, the outer surface having at least six engaging surface around the loops periphery, each engaging surface comprising a plurality of members, the members each having a top and the tops forming the engaging surface, each of the engaging surfaces have first, second and third members, the members each having a planar top, and a depressed zone formed between the members, wherein the blood vessel may be compressed to enter the depressed zone when the loop is wrapped around the blood vessel, thereby increasing traction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A vessel occluding loop for occluding the flow of blood in a vessel, the loop having an elongate body having an outer surface, the outer surface having at least six elongate engaging surfaces, each engaging surface defining a generally planar area of contact for contact with a blood vessel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
A vessel occluding loop for occluding the flow of blood in a vessel, the loop having an elongate body having an outer surface, the outer surface having at least six elongate engaging surfaces, each engaging surface defining a generally planar area of contact for contact with a blood vessel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The loop of claim 2, wherein each engaging surface comprises a plurality of members, the members each having a top and the tops forming the engaging surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The loop of claim 3, wherein each engaging surface comprises first, second and third members.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
The loop of claim 3, wherein the members each have a planar top.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The loop of claim 1, wherein each engaging surface has a depressed zone, wherein the blood vessel may enter the depressed zone when the loop is wrapped around the blood vessel, thereby increasing traction.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The loop of claim 2, wherein the elongate body has a bore formed therein.
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