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Research progress on vascular clips for minimally invasive surgery

Jiaqi Jiang1, Haipo Cui1, Fang Geng2, Xudong Guo1


1School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China. 2Medtronic China Research and Development Center, Shanghai 200100, China


Address correspondence to: Haipo Cui, School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, NO.516, Jungong Road, Shanghai 200093, China. Tel: +86-21-55271290. E-mail: h_b_cui@163.com.


Received March 13, 2023; Accepted August 29, 2023; Published September 30, 2023


DOI: https://doi.org/10.61189/264742zadfwq


Hightlights

Material and mechanical structures of absorbable vascular clips affect its hemostatic efficiency.

The tooth shape, tail end, and closure of vascular clips are the main direction of mechanical structure improvement.

The coating of the vascular clips can regulate the degradation rate and improve hemostatic efficiency.

Reasonable mechanical properties and degradation rate are the main development direction for absorbable vas cular clips.

Abstract

Minimally invasive surgeries are widely applied due to the advantages of small surgical wound, short postoperative recovery period, and low surgical infection rate. In minimally invasive surgery, vascular clips play a significant role in hemostasis and managing the direction of blood flow, ensuring the success of surgical procedures. The mechanical structure and manufacturing materials of vascular clips have an important influence on its clinical application effect. In this paper, we classify and summarize the mechanical structure and manufacturing materials of the currently available vascular clips worldwide, and then analyze the hemostatic coating materials of vascular clips. Besides, we also summarize the shortcomings of the existing vascular clips and propose a coat-absorbable vascular clip with future research potential.

Keywords: Vascular clips, mechanical structure, absorbable material, mechanical properties, coating

Jiang JQ, Cui HP, Geng F, et al. Research progress on vascular clips for minimally invasive surgery. Prog in Med Devices. 2023 Sept;1(2):75-83. doi: 10.61189/264742zadfwq. 
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