Abstract: The extendable toilet foot rest comprises a foot rest enclosure and a foot rest extension. The extendable toilet foot may be adapted to elevate a user's feet while the user sits on a toilet during a bowel movement. As a non-limiting example, elevating the user's feet may loosen the puborectalis muscle to straighten the path through the colon for stool to exit via the rectum. The foot rest enclosure may be removably coupled to a floor in front of the toilet. The foot rest extension may slide into and out of the foot rest enclosure. The foot rest extension may be adapted to be pulled out to an open position for the user's feet to rest upon. The foot rest extension may be pushed to a closed position to preclude the foot rest extension from being a tripping hazard.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a skin cleaning device, comprising a cleaning assembly, the cleaning assembly comprises a silicone sleeve, a foaming silicone brush, a fixed silicone brush, a rotating silicone brush, a rotating seat, a driving seat, three foaming protrusions, a driving shaft, a mounting seat, a cross block, a driving motor, a cross groove and an inner shell. The present invention adds facial cleanser to the surface of the rotating silicone brush, drives the driving shaft to rotate through the cooperation of the driving motor, the cross block and the cross groove, and the driving shaft drives the foaming protrusions and the rotating seat to rotate respectively through the driving seat. When the foaming protrusions rotate, they rub against the foaming silicone brush and move the foaming silicone brush, so that facial cleanser generates fine cleaning foam after friction between the foaming silicone brush and the foaming protrusions.

Abstract: A docking method executable by a mobile device is provided. The docking method includes obtaining a stored target location of a docking station, and navigating to the target location. The docking method also includes: during the navigation and/or at the target location, based on a determination that a guidance signal is not detected, performing a regional search. The docking method also includes: during the navigation, or at the target location, or during the regional search, based on a determination that the guidance signal is detected, moving, under the guidance of the guidance signal, to the docking station. Performing the regional search includes determining a basic search zone, searching for the guidance signal while moving along boundaries of the basic search zone, and based on a determination that the guidance signal has not been detected when a termination condition is satisfied, terminating the regional search.

Abstract: Provided are a cleaning robot and a control method thereof. A control method of a cleaning robot using a rotational force of a plurality of rotation members as a motive power source for its driving, includes: driving the cleaning robot by rotating at least one of a first rotation member performing a rotational motion around a first rotation axis and a second rotation member performing a rotational motion around a second rotation axis; determining whether the cleaning robot reaches a wall surface during its driving; and driving the cleaning robot along the wall surface by rotating at least one of the first and second rotation members while maintaining one side surface of the cleaning robot to be in close contact with the wall surface when it is determined that the cleaning robot reaches the wall surface.

Abstract: A cleaning glove comprising a palm member that has a front surface arranged to receive a first mounting surface and a back surface. The cleaning glove has a first cleaning element. Moreover, the cleaning glove comprises multiple finger members connected to the palm member. Each finger member comprises an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface comprises a front section arranged to receive a second mounting surface and a back section arranged to receive a third mounting surface. The cleaning glove also comprises at least one second cleaning element arranged to detachably couple with the second mounting surface and at least one third cleaning element arranged to detachably couple with the third mounting surface. Further, the first cleaning element, the second cleaning element, and the third cleaning element are each selected from a plurality of cleaning pads.

Abstract: A dishwasher appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber. A first rack assembly is slidably positioned within the wash chamber. A first spray assembly is positioned in the wash chamber and configured to direct wash fluids at the first rack assembly. A second rack assembly is slidably positioned in the wash chamber above the first rack assembly. A second spray assembly is positioned in the wash chamber and configured to direct wash fluids at the second rack assembly. A third rack assembly is slidably positioned in the wash chamber above the second rack assembly. A third spray assembly is positioned over the third rack assembly and configured to direct wash fluid at articles located in the third rack assembly. The third rack assembly includes a wire framework defining the perimeter of the third rack assembly. A wire insert is configured to removably couple to the wire framework. The wire insert includes a wire floor portion.

Abstract: A dishwasher including a main body; a tub provided inside the main body to form a washing space; a door configured to open and close the tub, and including an inner door located inside the tub while the tub is closed by the door; a sealing member provided at a lower end of the inner door, and configured to prevent leakage from occurring between a bottom plate of the tub and the inner door; and a cover member provided at the lower end of the inner door and to cover a gap between the lower end of the inner door and the tub.

Abstract: An entryway mat with a misting area and a drying area. When a user steps on the misting area, a disinfecting solution is dispensed onto the bottoms of the user's feet. The user then steps onto the drying area to wipe away the disinfecting solution.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a hand vacuum cleaner, a rigid air flow conduit and a surface cleaning head. The hand vacuum cleaner has a body, which houses a suction motor. A first cyclonic stage is provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the first cyclonic stage has a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the front and rear ends of the first cyclonic stage. A second cyclonic stage has a plurality of second stage cyclones, A rear end of the second stage cyclones is positioned rearward of the rear end of the first cyclonic stage. The suction motor is positioned rearward of the first cyclonic stage. When the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to the outlet end of the upright section, a handle of the hand vacuum cleaner is drivingly connected to the surface cleaning head.

Abstract: A cleaner includes: a suction unit; a suction motor that generates suction force for sucking air through the suction unit and includes an impeller; a dust separation unit that includes one or more cyclone units generating cyclonic flow to separate dust from air flowing inside through the suction unit; a dust container that stores dust separated by the dust separation unit and is disposed under the suction motor; a battery disposed behind the dust container to supply power to the suction motor; and a handle disposed behind the suction motor, wherein a rotational axis of the impeller and an axis of the cyclonic flow vertically extend and an extension line from the rotational axis of the impeller passes through the one or more cyclone units.

Abstract: Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are vacuum-based systems, products, devices, and methods for de-odorizing, disinfecting, or cleaning articles such as clothing, shoes, toys, or dishes. A system or device can comprise a vacuum chamber comprising a housing defining an internal space having an internal pressure and an opening; a vacuum lid adapted to engage with the opening of the vacuum chamber; and a vacuum source connected to the vacuum chamber, wherein operation of the vacuum source reduces the internal pressure of the internal space of the vacuum chamber, wherein the lower internal pressure enhances the vaporization and removal of odors located on one or more articles disposed within the vacuum chamber.

Abstract: An agitator for a vacuum cleaner includes an agitator body and a resiliently deformable flap. The resiliently deformable flap includes a front face, a rear face, and one or more protrusions extending outwardly from the front face. An agitator for a vacuum cleaner includes an agitator body and a bristle strip and/or a plurality of tufts arranged in one or more rows along the agitator body. The bristle strip and/or a plurality of tufts includes a first bristle group including a plurality of nylon bristles and at least a second bristle group including a plurality of para-aramid bristles.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes a base member extending with a first distal end and a first proximal end. The first proximal end is at an angle relative to the first distal end. A support member extends between a second distal end and a second proximal end. At least one support flange couples the base member and the support member. An extension member extends from the second distal end. At least one teeth member comprises a contact surface and an attachment surface. The attachment surface is formed with an inner channel, and the inner channel is coupled with one of the first distal and proximal ends. The contact surface has outer flanges with an outer channel formed therein. The contact surface is adapted to come in contact with a cleaning surface such that the outer flanges penetrate the cleaning surface to dislodge and collect debris.

Abstract: In an endoscope system, an oxygen-saturation-level calculating unit calculates an oxygen saturation level of the observation target on the basis of a plurality of spectral images acquired by an image acquiring unit. An image creating unit creates an oxygen-saturation-level image that is an image representing the oxygen saturation level. A numerical-value display-position determining unit determines a numerical-value display position for displaying a numerical value of the oxygen saturation level on the oxygen-saturation-level image, on the basis of the spectral images or the oxygen saturation level, or the spectral images and the oxygen saturation level. A display control unit displays the numerical value of the oxygen saturation level on the oxygen-saturation-level image on the basis of the numerical-value display position.

Abstract: A method performed by a computing system comprises receiving a collected set of spatial information for a distal portion of an instrument at a plurality of locations within a set of anatomic passageways and receiving a set of position information for a reference portion of the instrument when the distal portion of the instrument is at each of the plurality of locations. The method also comprises determining a reference set of spatial information for the distal portion of the instrument based on the collected set of spatial information and the set of position information for the reference portion of the instrument and registering the reference set of spatial information with a set of anatomical model information.

Abstract: A method and system for calibrating fluorescence data in a multimodality image acquired from a vessel imaged by an imaging catheter. A fluorescence signal acquired by a first modality is calibrated by applying a first calibration factor based on a lumen distance and/or radiation angle from the catheter to the vessel wall. If a parameter of the calibrated fluorescence signal is different from a predetermined condition, a user is prompted to manually select a lumen boundary and/or a region of interest (ROI) on the image of the vessel. An optical attenuation property of the selected boundary and/or ROI is calculated based on backscattered radiation collected by a second modality, and the fluorescence signal is further calibrated by applying a second calibration factor based on the optical attenuation property.

Abstract: An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system comprises: an imaging catheter; a calibration phantom removably arranged at least partially surrounding the distal end of the catheter; and a processor configured to control the catheter to acquire OCT images. The phantom has known dimensions and specific optical properties which provide non-changing calibration fiducials that span the imaging range of the system. The phantom is imaged by the catheter upon first connection to the system. The processor calculates a thickness of the phantom in the OCT image, and preforms z-offset calibration by setting the position of a phantom surface in the OCT image to a known nominal value. The known nominal value is related to one or more of the known thickness of the phantom or a diameter of the catheter sheath or a nominal angle of the light beam or the imaging range of the system.

Abstract: An endoscope comprising a camera handle used to fix the camera lens and a wired connector; the camera handle comprises of an outer shell, an end cap and an inner shell; an sensing element is provided inside the inner shell; a lens group is provided between the sensing element and the end cap; the inner shell is fixedly connected with the outer shell through assembling components; the outer shell is fixedly connected with the inner shell through fixing components; a light hole corresponding to the position of the sensing element is cut in the middle of the end cap.

Abstract: An endoscope conduit switching device includes: a cap that is made of resin, the cap including a pressing surface to be pressed by an operator and a shaft hole formed on a surface of the cap on a side opposite to the pressing surface; and a shaft having one end that is inserted into the shaft hole of the cap and as other end that is inserted into a conduit of the endoscope. The cap is joined to the shaft with a first joint portion and a second joint portion that are spaced apart from each other along a direction in which the shaft extends.

Abstract: An endoscopic tissue snare system comprising: a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; a pair of push tubes slidably mounted to the sleeve, each of the push tubes comprising a distal opening and a proximal opening; a distal balloon secured to the distal ends of the pair of push tubes; and a snare comprising a pair of free ends and an intermediate portion disposed between the pair of free ends, wherein the snare extends into the proximal opening of one push tube, up the length of the push tube, out the distal opening of that push tube, across the face of the distal balloon, into the distal opening of the other push tube, down the length of that push tube, and out the proximal opening of that push tube.

Abstract: The invention relates to a video endoscope (10) with an endoscope (20) comprising endoscope optics (22) and a camera head (30) comprising camera electronics (35) and a display and control unit (36), wherein a vacuum pump (40) is arranged in the video endoscope (10) for aspiration of air from the environment of the video endoscope (10). Further, the invention relates to an envelope (70) suitable to receive a video endoscope (10) comprising a hollow tube (71) having a distal end (71a) and a proximal end (71b), wherein the distal end (71a) is closed by means of an optically transparent window (72), wherein a flexible pouch (73) having an inlet opening (74) is arranged at the proximal end (71b), wherein the inlet opening (74) of the pouch (73) is implemented to be closable by means of a closure (75).

Abstract: A medical system comprising a guidewire that is connectable to a catheter is described. The guidewire has a housing connected to the distal end of a core wire. A printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connected to a camera chip resides in the housing. An atraumatic lens is supported by the housing with the camera chip residing between the atraumatic lens and the housing so that light rays entering the atraumatic lens are refracted to a focal plane aligned along a distal face of the camera chip. A proximal connector powered by a controller is wired to a visual display. With the proximal end of the guidewire connected to the proximal connector, the controller provides electrical power to the camera chip via a power cable extending along the core wire to the PCB. The catheter has an axially-extending primary lumen and a plurality of optical fibers extending to respective light-emitting lenses. During a medical procedure, the guidewire is first inserted into the vasculature of a patient.

Abstract: An insertion instrument includes: a holding member at a distal end of an insertion portion; a first hole formed in the holding member; a second hole that is formed in the holding member and that communicates with the first hole; a long member that is mounted to the holding member and that includes a distal end part and a main body portion; a partitioning member configured to narrow a space in which the main body portion is arranged; and a filler filling a gap around the long member.

Abstract: An endoscope aid 100 to be attachably and detachably attached to a treatment tool insertion channel 23 of an endoscope 2 includes a tubular member 101 capable of being fixed to an outlet portion 25 in a state where the tubular member 101 is fitted inside the outlet portion 25 of the treatment tool insertion channel 23 that is kept in the shape of a straight pipe regardless of bending of a bending part 15 of the endoscope 2. When the tubular member 101 is fixed to the outlet portion 25, a proximal end 101A of the tubular member 101 located on a side opposite to an outlet side of the treatment tool insertion channel 23 is disposed closer to the outlet side of the treatment tool insertion channel 23 than a proximal end 15A of the bending part 15.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: a expandable structure formable into three dimensional shapes including a range of diameters and corresponding lengths; a movable component moveable between a range of positions effecting the range of diameters; and a mechanical linkage disposed between the movable component and the expandable structure. The expandable structure is configured to fit inside a working channel of an endoscope when the expandable structure is collapsed. The mechanical linkage is configured to move the collapsed expandable structure through the working channel to a selected location past a distal end of the endoscope and to increase and decrease a diameter of the expandable structure in response to changes in the position of the movable component when the expandable structure is at the selected location.

Abstract: A device for performing surgical procedures, such as intracardiac procedures or neurosurgical procedures, includes a solid optical window formed of a transparent, compliant material, wherein the solid optical window includes a proximal side and a distal side, wherein a distal face of the solid optical window is configured to approach tissue during a surgical procedure; an imaging system embedded into the solid optical window and positioned to obtain an image through at least a portion of the distal face of the solid optical window; and a tool channel formed through the solid optical window from the proximal side to the distal side of the solid optical window, wherein the tool channel is configured to receive a tool for performing the surgical procedure.

Abstract: A miniaturized device providing hyperspectral imaging in real-time includes a body, a camera within the body, a micro-LED array arranged around the camera within the body, and an imaging controller within the body and coupled to the camera and the micro-LED array. The micro-LED array includes micro-LEDs of varying spectral bands. A method for controlling an imaging device includes providing LED timing information and LED intensity information to a micro-LED array, providing camera timing information to a camera for capturing a plurality of images, and receiving the plurality of images from the camera. The timing information includes a timing signal to each micro-LED of the micro-LED array and each timing signal includes a pulse. An image of the plurality of images is captured for a time period associated with each timing signal.

Abstract: The application discloses an endoscope and an operating arm. The endoscope includes two camera units and a driving portion. The camera units are configured to obtain images. Optical axes of the two camera units can intersect. The driving portion is connected to the two camera units for driving at least one camera unit to move, thereby changing an angle between the optical axes of the two camera units. The endoscope is capable of being adjusted as needed, and the application range is wide.

Abstract: An accessory that is attachable to a device comprises an image sensor and a beam splitter having a first surface and a second surface. The beam splitter is configured to impinge light upon the first surface, and split the light impinging upon the first surface into at least a first beam, a second beam, and a third beam. The first beam travels from a first opening of the device to a second opening of the device along an optical path when the accessory is attached to the device, the second beam travels from the first surface to the image sensor, and the third beam travels from the second surface to the image sensor or a beam dump.

Abstract: A medical image processing device includes a processor configured to: obtain image data; generate, based on the obtained image data, a captured image including color component signals including a red component signal representing a red component, a green component signal representing a green component, and a blue component signal representing a blue component; calculate an intensity ratio between a fluorescent component signal and a reflected light component signal in a pixel of the captured image; determine, based on the calculated intensity ratio in the pixel of the captured image, a fluorescence region and a background region in the captured image; and generate a fluorescence image by performing, based on a result of the determination, image processing with parameters different from each other for color component signals in pixels positioned in the fluorescence region and color component signals in pixels positioned in the background region.

Abstract: A multi-wavelength surgical system is provided using an endoscope sensitive in the short-wave infrared region which allows exploration of different areas of the skull base for CSF leaks. The device includes an LED box with multiple wavelengths including allowing excitation of ICG with 785-808 nm, enhancing the water absorption from 1200-1550 nm and above 1800 nm and incorporating white light to allow for surgical navigation. Because CSF is 99% water having a large absorption in the SWIR band around 1200-1550 nm and above 1800 nm, the system and method should be an effective means of diagnosis without the need for intrathecal fluorescein.

Abstract: Described here is an illumination assembly designed to be removably coupled with a variety of other medical instruments, particularly instruments having a tube, channel, or lumen through which a light wire optical fiber can pass through. The illumination assembly has a self-contained power source and is lightweight, allowing for use with a wide variety of instruments. In particular, the present illumination assembly is considered for use with medical device instruments routinely used for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) procedures by otolaryngologists, head and neck surgeons, and other ENT physicians.

Abstract: An instrument head for attachment to a plurality of instrument handles having different power sources is described. The instrument head includes at least one light-emitting diode, and a controller. When the controller detects an instability in a voltage input from a power source in an instrument handle attached to the instrument head, the controller transitions from a normal mode of operation to a mitigation mode of operation. The mitigation mode of operation prevents an increase in output of the at least one light-emitting diode for a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: A multifunctional visualization instrument is provided that, in certain embodiments, includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end. The multifunctional visualization instrument includes a display screen on the body and a camera stick at the distal end of the body and comprising an arm and a camera. The arm of the camera stick is sized to fit within a channel of a removable laryngoscope blade. The multifunctional visualization instrument includes a port on a surface of the laryngoscope, configured to mate with an introducer and a steering input for steering the introducer, displayed on the display screen simultaneously with an image of the patient captured by the camera.

Abstract: Stroboscopic endoscopic systems and related methods employ intermittent energization of one or more light sources to generate a sequence of light flashes. A stroboscopic endoscope system includes an endoscope, an imaging device, a light source, a light transmission assembly, and a controller. The imaging device is configured for imaging an object illuminated via the endoscope. The light transmission assembly is configured to transmit light generated by the light source to the endoscope. The stroboscopic endoscopic systems and related methods employ approaches for increasing the amount of illumination light emitted by the endoscope.

Abstract: A biopsy system driver includes a motor having a rotatable output shaft, a support structure, a drive shaft, an elongate lead screw and a biopsy instrument drive member. The drive shaft is rotatably coupled to the support structure and includes or is otherwise operatively connected to the motor output shaft such that activation of the motor rotates the drive shaft. The elongate lead screw is coupled to the drive shaft such that rotation of the drive shaft rotates the lead screw about an axis of the lead screw. The lead screw is axially translatable relative to the drive shaft and to the support structure. The biopsy instrument drive member is threadably coupled to the lead screw such that rotation of the lead screw causes axial translation of one of the lead screw and biopsy instrument drive member relative to the other one and to the support structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a surgical instrument. In some embodiments, the flexible surgical instrument, comprising: a distal structural body comprising first distal structural segment and second distal structural segment, the first distal structural segment comprising a first distal fixing disk and first distal segment structural backbones, the second distal structural segment comprising a second distal fixing disk and second distal segment structural backbones; and a proximal structural body comprising a proximal structural segment, the proximal structural segment comprising a proximal fixing disk, first proximal segment structural backbones, and second proximal segment structural backbones, the first proximal segment structural backbones being connected to the first distal segment structural backbones in a crossed arrangement; or the second proximal segment structural backbones being connected to the second distal segment structural backbones in a crossed arrangement.

Abstract: A needle or stylet has a tip contour with a reverse back bevel curved toward the longitudinal axis of the needle or stylet. The needle has a flexible intermediate portion and/or a two-part construction in which a distal portion of the needle to crimped onto a proximal portion of the needle. The needle or a stylet is combined with a spring mechanism in the hub of the needle or stylet assembly. The spring mechanism positions the tip of the needle or stylet in a middle position extending from the distal end of the assembly, allows the needle or stylet to be moved into a spring loaded fully retracted configuration within the assembly as the septal wall is tented, and then releasing the spring loaded needle or stylet as the needle or stylet penetrates the septal wall. A method of using a needle or stylet with a spring mechanism is included.

Abstract: A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes an expandable structure for enhancing engagement with median lobe prostate tissue.

Abstract: A soft-bodied apparatus and a method for opening an eyelid are provided. The apparatus includes: a head support module, a real-time eyelid positioning module, a robot end-effector real-time positioning module, and an automatic eyelid opening operation module. The automatic eyelid opening operation module includes a robot body and a robot control system. The robot body is provided with a multi-axis rigid body mechanical arm and a soft-bodied end-effector. The robot control system takes the real-time poses of the upper and lower eyelids of the user as a motion target, and takes the real-time shape and the pose of the soft-bodied end-effector as feedback information to control motion of the robot body to automatically open the eyelid.

Abstract: A joint distraction lever, comprising a lever body comprising a handle portion and a working portion, a distal tip coupled to the working portion, and a fulcrum extending from a bottom surface of the working portion and spaced apart from the distal tip such that the fulcrum is positioned between the distal tip and the handle portion, where the joint distraction lever is configured to determine a distraction force based on deformation of the joint distraction lever.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are provided for stabilizing and grasping tissues such as valve leaflets, assessing the grasp of these tissues, approximating and fixating the tissues, and assessing the fixation of the tissues to treat cardiac valve regurgitation, particularly mitral valve regurgitation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a tissue repair system and related components and associated methods that provide for suturing of tissue using three or more suture anchoring implants, including multiple pairs of connected implants in some embodiments, all of which may be deployed from a single device. Some embodiments achieve this by employing a push mechanism capable of being activated to advance the push mechanism incrementally to discrete positions within the device and deploy implants one at a time from the device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) are disclosed. According to some embodiments, an osteotomy method may include cutting a tibia with an arcuate cut to separate a tibial plateau of the tibia from a tibial base of the tibia, rotating the tibial plateau relative to the tibial base from a first orientation to a second orientation, and, with the tibial plateau in the second orientation relative to the tibial base, securing an implant to the tibia to secure the tibial plateau to the tibial base. Securing the implant to the tibia may include embedding a first leg of the implant into the tibial base, and embedding a second leg of the implant into the tibial plateau such that the first and second legs apply compression urging the tibial plateau toward the tibial base.

Abstract: A staple cartridge assembly comprising a staple cartridge and a compensator is disclosed. The staple cartridge comprises a cartridge deck, a retention rail defining an aperture, a staple cavity defined in the cartridge deck, and a staple removably positioned in the staple cavity. The aperture receives a portion of the compensator to detachable secure the compensator to the cartridge deck.

Abstract: A method of creating a native vessel bypass percutaneously includes steps of selecting a target procedural site adjacent to a paired artery and vein, usually near an occlusion or blockage disposed in the artery and advancing a catheter through the vein with its distal tip extending through the vessel walls into the adjacent artery. An anastomosis is formed by applying heat to tissue forming the vessel walls which is captured between surfaces on a proximal base and the distal tip of the catheter. The venous valves are disabled to permit retrograde venous flow of arterial blood, in order to bypass the arterial occlusion.

Abstract: An electric surgical stapler with state display is provided, which includes a housing, an anastomosis bobbin, a jaw, a dynamic structure, a power supply structure, a control board, a state display screen, and an RF antenna. The dynamic structure, power supply structure, state display screen, and RF antenna are respectively electrically connected with the control board; the housing includes a display slot, an antenna slot, and a board slot. The state display screen is provided in the display slot, the RF antenna is provided in the antenna slot, the control board is provided in the board slot. The state display screen and RF antenna are arranged in parallel. In working state, the dynamic structure is controlled to drive the jaw to perform by the control board, thereby completing closing, firing, retraction and other operations, the state display screen synchronously displays an operation state and progress of the jaw.

Abstract: A circular stapling apparatus including a stationary handle, a trigger pivotably coupled to the stationary handle, a trigger lock selectively engageable with the trigger, and a firing link coupled to the trigger. The firing link has a catch thereon. The trigger lock has a latch assembly that is selectively engageable with the catch.

Abstract: An expansile member that may be used on a delivery device or may be used for occlusive purposes within the vasculature.

Abstract: A system for treating tissue includes an applicator including a catheter and a control member extending therethrough, the control member longitudinally movable relative to the catheter and including an abutment structure proximate a distal end thereof, and a clip assembly releasably coupleable to a distal end of the applicator, the clip assembly including a pair of clip arms, a proximal end of each of the clip arms slidably received within a channel of a capsule and configured to be releasably coupled to the distal end of the control member so that the clip arms are movable relative to the capsule between a tissue receiving configuration and a tissue clipping configuration, the capsule including proximal tabs movable between a biased non-engaging and an engaging configuration, in which the proximal tabs engage an engaging portion of the lumen of the catheter, when the abutment structure is received within the capsule.