A system and method for delivering a surgical clip to a surgical site within a
patient's body to compress body tissue is disclosed. In one embodiment for the
system of the present invention, the system includes an endoscopic device that
has an endoscope cap disposed on a distal end of the endoscopic device. A surgical
clip is removably disposed on an outside surface of the endoscope cap. A deployment
device is associated with the surgical clip for deploying the surgical clip from
the endoscope cap to the body tissue that is to be compressed. The surgical clip
can be a deformable clip that is deployed in a non deformed configuration, and
is then deformed so as to apply compression on selected tissue. The surgical clip
can be a multi legged clip, having a plurality of legs that can be locked in a
closed position to apply compression to body tissue.
