| 摘要 |
<p>The suture clip (10) includes a pair of plates (12, 14) joined together at one end to form a vertex (18) having an acute angle (16). Each plate, at its remote terminal end (21, 23), defines an inwardly facing hook (20, 22). The hook end members establish a clip mouth (25) slightly larger than the diameter of the suture thread such that when the thread is passed through the clip mouth, the thread cannot easily escape entrapment from the central region of the clip. The suture clip may be C-shape, V-shape, broken leg V-shape, heart shape or pentagonal shape. In another embodiment, the clip is a closed loop (510) or elliptical in shape. To enhance operability, the hooks (20, 22) on the C, U or V shape sutures are disposed on tabs (30, 32) which are laterally displaced with respect to each other such that, upon collapse and closure of the clip plates, the tabs interleave each other and interlock over the opposite clip plate.</p> |
