APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING BODY TISSUE

摘要

A system and method for delivering a surgical clip to a surgical site within a patient's body to compress body tissue is disclosed. In one embodiment of the system of the present invention, the system includes an endoscopic device that has an endoscope cap disposed on a distal end of the endoscopic device. A surgical slip is removably disposed on an outside surface of the endoscope cap. A deployment device is associated with the surgical slip for deploying the surgical clip from the endoscope cap to the body tissue that is to be compressed.