| US 7,488,334 B2 | ||
| Apparatus for compressing body tissue | ||
| Kristin A. Jugenheimer, Cambridge, Mass. (US); Russell F. Durgin, Jr., Attleboro, Mass. (US); Mark L. Adams, Stoughton, Mass. (US); and Mark Monroe, Plympton, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 12, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/660,643. | ||
| Application 10/660643 is a division of application No. 09/957356, filed on Sep. 21, 2001, granted, now 6,911,032. | ||
| Application 09/957356 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/443219, filed on Nov. 18, 1999, granted, now 6,428,548. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0097982 A1, May 20, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 17/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 606—142 | 19 Claims |
| 1. A device adapted to be used with tissue, comprising:
an endoscope having a distal end; and
a clip, the clip coupled to the endoscope, the clip comprising:
a ring portion sized to fit on the distal end of the endoscope;
a plurality of legs attached to the ring portion, each of the legs being movable between an open position and a closed position
to compress tissue without a substantial change in configuration of the ring portion; and
a locking mechanism to restrict movement of each of the legs from the closed to the open position.
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