IMPROVED SURGICAL CLIP

摘要

A surgical clip (10) having a sliding state (Fi. 9) and a crimped state (Fig. 10) is adapted for use in a surgical procedure initially to slide along suture ends (14, 16) to an operative position and ultimately to crimp the suture ends at the operative position. A substrate (30), bendable between the sliding state and the crimped state carries at least one coating (32) having either lubricious or traction enhancing properties. A second coating can be added to form a coating laminate with the outer coating having lubricious properties facilitating the sliding state and the inner coating having traction enhancing properties facilitating the crimped state.