Marking Clip for an Area of the Inside Wall of the Stomach or Intestine

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This invention is a marking clip designed to easily mark, identify, and later locate specific areas inside the wall of the stomach or intestine. The device features a bioresorbable clamp for secure attachment, a light source (such as a blue LED) that can be wirelessly activated during surgery, and a small metal housing visible by X-ray. These capabilities allow surgeons to quickly and accurately find previously treated or abnormal tissue sites during subsequent medical procedures without the need for repeated endoscopic searches or invasive intraoperative techniques.

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• Marking areas inside the stomach or intestine that have been biopsied, treated, or require later surgical intervention.
• Helping surgeons or gastroenterologists quickly locate and identify specific sites for follow-up procedures or resections.
• Marking small tumors, polyps, or abnormal tissue that may need to be removed or monitored over time.
• Facilitating minimally invasive surgical planning by providing a visible or illuminated marker on the target tissue.
• Assisting in re-operations where the original treatment site has become visually indistinguishable due to healing.

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• Enables precise and easy localization of previously identified or treated sites within the gastrointestinal tract during surgery.
• Reduces the need for time-consuming and invasive intraoperative endoscopic procedures, lowering risk and operation time.
• Uses a bioresorbable clamp, which naturally dissolves after a period, eliminating the need for device removal if no further intervention is needed.
• The light source can be activated wirelessly during surgery, making the marked area highly visible without physical contact or complex procedures.
• The metal housing allows detection by X-ray when the light source is not active, providing an alternative method for locating the clip.
• Improves patient outcomes by reducing unnecessary surgical manipulation and potential complications associated with repeated endoscopic gas insufflation.

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The invention relates to marking clips for an area of the inside wall of the stomach or intestine. These are characterized in particular by the fact that damaged or treated areas of the inside wall of the stomach or intestine can be easily identified and in this way can be easily found again. For this purpose, a housing accommodates at least one lighting means interconnected with a primary element via a contactlessly actuatable switch, wherein the primary element housing made of metal is at the same time an object that can easily be assigned to the marking clip. Moreover, the housing is connected to a body in the form of a clamp made of a resorbable material for securing to the inside wall of the stomach or intestine, wherein either the clamping jaws of the clamp are connected to each other via at least one spring element, which presses the clamping jaws onto each other and at the same time is a component part of the body, or at least one clamping ring is arranged on the clamping jaws of the clamp.