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Clip appliers designed for the application of small clips with sharp points that can grasp the edges of a skin wound with minimum trauma. Manually operated, forceps-like devices are available with appropriate jaws and mechanisms for multiple insertions of suture clips in the skin edges as fast as the edges can be approximated. These instruments are mainly used to close wounds; the applied clips are made of nondegradable materials requiring removal after healing or of biodegradable (absorbable) materials.
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