Abstract: A medical clip has two cooperating clamping arms and a biasing element. Each clamping arm is connected to an end of the biasing element by a connecting portion. The clamping arms are maximally proximate to one another, and may abut against one another, in a basic position of the clip, and are movable away from one another against the action of the biasing element from a basic position into an open position. The two connecting portions define a first circular cross section having a first diameter. The biasing element defines a second circular cross section having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. The connecting portions taper toward the biasing element, such that conical transition regions are formed that define a cone angle. The cone angle can be at least 10°. A reshaping tool, a reshaping machine and a method can be used for producing a medical clip.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dynamically scalable edge router, wherein multiple data cards are connected to multiple input/output (I/O) cards via a dynamically configurable cross point. The cross point can be reconfigured to establish different connections between the data cards and the I/O cards, as well as change or establish new connections when additional data cards or I/O cards are added to the edge router. Accordingly, the cross point cooperates with the I/O cards to establish specific connections to the various data cards. The data cards may be connected to each other through a packet fabric, wherein the I/O cards, the cross point, the data cards, and the packet fabric form a significant portion of the forwarding plane of the edge router. The control plane is substantially provided by control cards, which are connected to the data cards through an internal network, which may be a switched network.