THREE-ARM CLIP
20240415517 ยท 2024-12-19
Inventors
- Qiang Zhang (Guangdong, CN)
- Hongyan JIN (Pukou District Nanjing, Jiangsu, CN)
- Xiaojun MA (Pukou District Nanjing, Jiangsu, CN)
Cpc classification
International classification
Abstract
A three-arm clip is provided, which relates to the technical field of medical devices. By providing self-locking slots and realizing self-locking between movable arms and a fixed portion in cooperation with sliding slot pins, a snap-fitting structure such as a limiting elastic sheet may not be added to the movable arms, so that the three-arm clip has a reduced outer diameter, and may pass through an endoscope with a small working channel.
Claims
1. A three-arm clip, comprising a clamping component, wherein the clamping component comprises a fixed portion and two movable arms rotationally connected to the fixed portion, and the movable arms have an open state, a closed state and a self-locking state; the clamping component further comprises two sliding slot pins, each of the movable arms is provided with a first sliding slot, the fixed portion is provided with a guiding slot extending in a distal-proximal direction, wherein when the movable arms are in the closed state, an extending direction of the first sliding slot is inclined relative to an extending direction of the guiding slot; each of the sliding slot pins is provided in the first sliding slot and the guiding slot, and along the guiding slot, by driving the sliding slot pins, the movable arms can be driven to be switched between the closed state and the open state; and each of the movable arms is provided with a self-locking slot, a distal end of the self-locking slot communicates with a proximal end of the first sliding slot; and along the guiding slot, when each of the sliding slot pins slides from the proximal end of the first sliding slot to a proximal end of the self-locking slot, the movable arm is switched from the closed state to the self-locking state.
2. The three-arm clip according to claim 1, wherein when each of the movable arms is in the self-locking state, an axis b of the sliding slot pin is located on a central plane of the guiding slot, wherein a central line of the guiding slot is located on the central plane, and an opening-closing direction of each of the movable arms is perpendicular to the central plane; when each of the movable arm is in the self-locking state, a distal midpoint a of the self-locking slot is located on the central plane; or a distal midpoint a of the self-locking slot and a distal midpoint c of the first sliding slot are located on two opposite sides of the central plane, respectively; or the distal midpoint a of the self-locking slot and the distal midpoint c of the first sliding slot are located on the same side of the central plane, and an included angle between a connecting line between the distal midpoint a of the self-locking slot and the axis b of the sliding slot pin and the central plane is within a preset self-locking angle range; and each of the sliding slot pins is located in the self-locking slot and makes the movable arms maintain the self-locking state relative to the fixed portion through the guiding slot.
3. The three-arm clip according to claim 2, wherein when each of the movable arms is in the self-locking state, the distal midpoint a of the self-locking slot and the distal midpoint c of the first sliding slot are located on the same side of the central plane, and the included angle between the connecting line between the distal midpoint a of the self-locking slot and the axis b of the sliding slot pin and the central plane is within the preset self-locking angle range; and a value range of the preset self-locking angle is 0-8.
4. The three-arm clip according to claim 1, wherein the fixed portion comprises a fixed arm extending in the distal-proximal direction, and each of the movable arms is rotationally connected to the fixed arm; and the guiding slot comprises a second sliding slot provided on the fixed arm, wherein the second sliding slot runs through each side of the fixed arm, and tail ends of the sliding slot pins corresponding to the two movable arms extend into the second sliding slot from each side of the fixed arm respectively.
5. The three-arm clip according to claim 1, wherein the fixed portion comprises a fixed arm extending in the distal-proximal direction, and each of the movable arms is rotationally connected to the fixed arm; the fixed portion further comprises two covers extending from near to far, the two covers are provided on each side of the fixed arm and cover at least part of the two movable arms rotatably set on each side of the fixed arm; and the guiding slot comprises a third sliding slot provided on a surface of each of the covers facing the fixed arm, and a top end of each of the sliding slot pins is connected slidably in the third sliding slot.
6. The three-arm clip according to claim 5, wherein each of the sliding slot pins is provided with a cap on a top portion, and the cap is slidably provided in the third sliding slot; and the cap has a first guiding surface and a second guiding surface on two opposite sides, and the first guiding surface and the second guiding surface are respectively in sliding contact with two opposite slot walls of the third sliding slot.
7. The three-arm clip according to claim 1, wherein the fixed portion comprises a fixed arm extending in the distal-proximal direction, the fixed arm is provided with shafts, and the movable arms are rotationally connected to the fixed arm through the shafts; the three-arm clip further comprises releasing members, wherein each of the releasing members is detachably connected to the sliding slot pin, and each of the releasing members is capable of driving the sliding slot pin to move along the guiding slot, so that the sliding slot pin moves in the first sliding slot and the self-locking slot; and each of the shafts is located outside a movement path of the releasing member.
8. The three-arm clip according to claim 1, wherein the fixed portion comprises a fixed arm extending in the distal-proximal direction, the fixed arm is provided with shafts, and each of the movable arms is provided with a hole connected with the shaft, and each of the movable arms is rotationally connected to the fixed arm through the shaft; the three-arm clip further comprises releasing members, wherein each of the releasing members is detachably connected to the sliding slot pin, and each of the releasing members is capable of driving the sliding slot pin to move along the guiding slot, so that the sliding slot pin moves in the first sliding slot and the self-locking slot; and a depth of the hole is greater than or equal to a height of the shaft, so that a top end of the shaft is lower than or flush with an outer side surface of the movable arm, so as to prevent the shaft from interfering with movement of the releasing member.
9. The three-arm clip according to claim 8, wherein at least part of projection of profile of a motion path of each of the releasing members towards the movable arm falls within the hole.
10. The three-arm clip according to claim 9, wherein when the three-arm clip is in the closed state, a value range of a maximum outer diameter thereof is 2.3 mm-2.9 mm.
11. The three-arm clip according to claim 7, wherein the farthest end of a movement path of each of the releasing members goes beyond a position where the shaft is located.
12. The three-arm clip according to claim 4, wherein the fixed portion comprises a fixed arm extending in the distal-proximal direction, and each of the movable arms is rotationally connected to the fixed arm; the fixed portion further comprises two covers extending from near to far, the two covers are provided on each side of the fixed arm and cover at least part of the two movable arms on each side of the fixed arm; and the guiding slot comprises a third sliding slot provided on a surface of each of the covers facing the fixed arm, and a top end of each of the sliding slot pins is connected slidably in the third sliding slot.
13. The three-arm clip according to claim 8, wherein the farthest end of a movement path of each of the releasing members goes beyond a position where the shaft is located.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0033] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure or the prior art, the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description show some embodiments of the present disclosure, and those ordinarily skilled in the art also could obtain other drawings according to these drawings without using any inventive efforts.
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REFERENCE SIGNS
[0048] 110fixed arm; 111second sliding slot; 120movable arm; 121first sliding slot; 122self-locking slot; [0049] 200shaft; [0050] 300cover; 310third sliding slot; [0051] 400releasing member; 500sliding slot pin; 510cap; 600guiding slot.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0052] In order to make objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, some but not all embodiments of the present disclosure are described. Components of the embodiments in the present disclosure generally described and shown in the drawings herein may be arranged and designed in a variety of different configurations.
[0053] Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present disclosure provided in the drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure claimed, but only represents chosen embodiments of the present disclosure. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all of other embodiments obtained by those ordinarily skilled in the art without using any inventive efforts shall fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
[0054] It should be noted that like reference signs and letters represent like items in the following drawings; therefore, once a certain item is defined in one drawing, it is not needed to be further defined or explained in subsequent drawings.
[0055] In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that orientation or positional relations indicated by the terms such as center, upper, lower, left, right, vertical, horizontal, inner, and outer are based on orientation or positional relations as shown in the drawings, or orientation or positional relations of a product of the present disclosure when being conventionally placed in use, merely for facilitating describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that related devices or elements have to be in a specific orientation or configured and operated in a specific orientation; therefore, they should not be construed as limitation to the present disclosure. Besides, the terms first, second, third, etc. are merely used for distinguishing the description, but should not be construed as indicating or implying importance in the relativity.
[0056] Moreover, the terms horizontal, vertical and the like do not mean that parts are required to be absolutely horizontal or overhanging, but may be slightly inclined. For example, by horizontal it merely means that a structure is more horizontal in comparison with vertical, rather than being completely horizontal, while the structure may be slightly inclined.
[0057] In the description of the present disclosure, it further should be noted that, unless otherwise specifically specified and defined, the terms set, mount, link, and connect should be understood in a broad sense. For example, a connection may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integrated connection; it may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it may be direct connection or indirect connection through an intermediary, and it also may be inner communication between two elements. For those ordinarily skilled in the art, specific meanings of the above terms in the present disclosure could be understood according to specific circumstances.
[0058] Compared with the existing three-arm clip, a three-arm clip provided in the present disclosure has the advantage of a simple structure, and may maintain a self-locking state between movable arms 120 and a fixed portion without providing an additional limiting elastic sheet.
Embodiment 1
[0059] A three-arm clip provided in the present disclosure includes a clamping component. The clamping component includes a fixed portion and two movable arms 120 rotationally connected to the fixed portion, wherein the movable arms 120 have a closed state, an open state and a self-locking state. When distal ends of the two movable arms 120 respectively approach to each other, they may be switched to the closed state, as shown in
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[0062] When the movable arms 120 are in the self-locking state, axes b of the sliding slot pins 500 are located on a central plane of the guiding slot 600. In the above, it should be noted that the central plane is not an entity plane, but is a virtual auxiliary plane for convenience of describing the structure. A central line of the guiding slot 600 is located on the central plane, and an opening-closing direction of the movable arms 120 is perpendicular to the central plane.
[0063] In the present embodiment, as shown in
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[0069] Further, as shown in
[0070] The three-arm clip further includes releasing members 400. Each of the releasing members 400 may be located at one side of the movable arm 120 facing back to the fixed arm 110. The releasing members 400 are detachably connected to the sliding slot pins 500. In an initial state, the movable arms 120 are in the open state, the releasing members 400 are connected to the sliding slot pins 500. After clamping is completed, the releasing members 400 are dragged with force, so that the releasing members 400 may be detached from the sliding slot pins 500. The releasing members 400 can drive the sliding slot pins 500 to move in the distal-proximal direction, and the operator pushes and pulls the sliding slot pins 500 through the releasing members 400, so that the movable arms 120 rotate around the shafts 200 and perform opening and closing actions relative to the fixed arm 110 and form the self-locking.
[0071] In the present embodiment, as shown in
[0072] The operator may push the releasing members 400 distally, so that the sliding slot pins 500 move distally in the distal-proximal direction. The first sliding slots 121 are pushed by the sliding slot pins 500, the movable arms 120 rotate around the shafts 200, and included angles between the movable arms 120 and the fixed arm 110 are increased. Because the top portions of the shafts 200 are lower than the holes in the present solution, that is to say, the shafts 200 do not protrude from outer side walls of the movable arms 120, the releasing members 400, when moving distally along the outer side walls of the movable arms 120, will not be interfered by the shafts 200, and thus may move distally farther. As the sliding slot pins 500 continue to move distally, an opening angle of the movable arms 120 also becomes larger and larger. Compared with the three-arm clip in the prior art, the three-arm clip provided in the present disclosure has a larger opening angle. Compared with the prior art, the movable arms may render the same clamping effect in a case of being relatively short, and may satisfy more surgical scenes. Moreover, it should be noted that as shown in
[0073] Being not affected by the shafts 200, the farthest ends of movement paths of the releasing members 400 go beyond positions where the shafts 200 are located, so that the opening angles between the movable arms 120 and the fixed arm 110 may be greater than 90, thereby achieving the purpose of large-range clamping.
[0074] In an implementable mode, as shown in
[0075] In the present embodiment, the shafts 200 are integrally molded with the fixed arm 110.
Embodiment 2
[0076] Embodiment 2 is the same as Embodiment 1 in that when the movable arms 120 are in the self-locking state, the distal midpoints of the self-locking slots 122 are located on the central plane. Embodiment 2 is different from Embodiment 1 is that, as shown in
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Embodiment 3
[0078] Embodiment 3 is the same as Embodiment 2 in that when the movable arms 120 are in the self-locking state, the distal midpoints of the self-locking slots 122 are located on the central plane. Embodiment 3 is different from Embodiment 2 in that an inclination direction of the self-locking slots 122 is different. Specifically, as shown in
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[0080] In the above, a value range of the preset self-locking angle is related to a material of a product, and the material will affect a friction coefficient. Calculation of the preset self-locking angle belongs to the prior art in the field of mechanical analysis.
[0081] Specifically, materials of the movable arms 120, the fixed portion and the sliding slot pins 500 may be stainless steel, and the value range of the preset self-locking angle may be 0-8.
[0082] To sum up, in the present solution, by providing the self-locking slots 122 and realizing the self-locking between the movable arms 120 and the fixed portion in cooperation with the sliding slot pins 500, a snap-fitting structure such as a limiting elastic sheet may not be provided on the movable arms 120, so that a product structure is simpler, manufacture is convenient, and production costs and product weight are reduced.
[0083] Moreover, a mode of providing the shafts 200 is improved in the solution, that is, an exposed manner in the prior art is modified into a hidden manner disclosed in the present solution; therefore, the outer diameter of the three-arm clip can be reduced, and the problem that the shafts 200 interfere with the movement of the releasing members 400 is not caused after the reduction.
[0084] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosure, and not to limit the present disclosure. Although the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those ordinarily skilled in the art should understand that they still could modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalently replace some or all of the technical features therein. These modifications or replacements do not make the essence of corresponding technical solutions deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.