Hemostatic clip constructions

Claim 1

A HEMOSTATIC CLIP COMPRISING A STRIP OF NONTOXIC MATERIAL, SAID STRIP DEFINING ARM PORTIONS HAVING OPPOSED FACES, A SINGLE PROTUBERANCE FORMED ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF EACH OF SAID ARM PORTIONS AT INTERMEDIATE POINTS ALONG THE LENGTHS OF THE RESPECTIVE ARM PORTIONS, ONE ARM PORTION BEING LONGER THAN THE OTHER ARM PORTION, SAID STRIP DEFINING V-SHAPED CONFIGURATION WHICH INCLUDES A CENTRAL FOLD, SAID ARM PORTIONS EXTENDING ANGULARLY FROM SAID FOLD AND THEN BENDING INTO AN APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID PROTUBERANCES BEING FORMED ON THE PARALLEL PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS, AN END MEMBER FORMED ON EACH OF SAID ARM PORTIONS, SAID END MEMBERS BEING BENT TOWARD EACH OTHER AND BEING PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, ONE OF SAID END MEMBERS FORMED ON SAID ONE ARM PORTION BEING DIRECTED INWARDLY TOWARD THE CENTRAL FOLD OF SAID V-SHAPED PORTION THEREBY DEFINING A RECESS WITH SAID ONE ARM PORTION, AND THE OTHER END MEMBER COMPRISING AN OUTWARDLY DIRECTED END MEMBER FORMED ON THE OTHER OF SAID ARM PORTIONS ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED IN SAID RECESS WHEN SAID ARM PORTIONS ARE CLAMPED TOGETHER, AND WHEREIN SAID END MEMBERS ARE BENT WHEN SAID ARM PORTIONS ARE CLAMPED TOGETHER WITH THE END MEMBERS BEING THEREBY PRESSED AGAINST EACH OTHER.