摘要 |
A surgical clip for occluding a vein, artery or other body passageway ( 2 ) comprises a base portion ( 3 ), a pair of resilient limbs ( 4 a, 4 b) configured to extend generally laterally outwardly from the base portion and each having a free end disposed forward of the base portion, and a reaction portion ( 9 a/b) mounted to the base portion ( 3 ), the reaction portion defining a generally forwardly directed reaction surface ( 10 ) disposed between the base portion ( 3 ) and the free ends of the limbs ( 4 a, 4 b), the being movable under a resilient restoring force from a first, open, condition, in which a gap is provided between the limbs and the reaction portion for receiving the body passageway into the clip, to a second, closed, condition, in which the limbs cooperate with the reaction portion to grip the body passageway to occlude the same.
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