Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscopic surgical clip applier with connector plate
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Application No.: US14744121Application Date: 2015-06-19
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Publication No.: US09358011B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Gregory Sorrentino , Kenneth H. Whitfield
- Applicant: Covidien LP
- Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
- Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
- Main IPC: A61B17/10
- IPC: A61B17/10 ; A61B17/128 ; A61B17/12 ; A61B17/122 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B19/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is provided and includes a handle assembly; a shaft assembly including a housing extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; and a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly and being detachably connectable to the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws during distal movement and remain connected to the housing of the shaft assembly and in a distally advanced position during an approximation of the jaws.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150282808A1 ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER WITH CONNECTOR PLATE Public/Granted day:2015-10-08
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