Surgical clip applier
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorJaroslaw T. Malkowski
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Abstract
A surgical clip applier is provided including a housing, at least one handle pivotably connected to the housing, a channel assembly extending distally from the housing, a clip carrier disposed within said channel assembly and defining a channel therein, a plurality of clips slidably disposed within the channel of said clip carrier, a jaw assembly including a pair of jaws extending from an end of the channel assembly, opposite the housing, adapted to accommodate a clip therein and being operable to effect formation of a clip in response to movement of said at least one handle, and a shuttle bar slidably supported in the channel assembly and configured to transport a clip from the clip carrier to the jaw assembly.
Claims19
A surgical clip applier, comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one handle movably connected to the housing;
- a channel assembly extending distally from the housing;
- a clip carrier disposed within the channel assembly, the clip carrier configured to slidably retain a plurality of clips therein;
- a jaw assembly including a pair of jaws extending from an end of the channel assembly, opposite the housing, the jaw assembly operable to effect formation of a distal-most clip of the plurality of clips in response to movement of the at least one handle;
- a clip pusher bar slidably supported within at least one of the housing and the channel assembly, the clip pusher bar defining a channel therein;
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- a shuttle bar slidably disposed in the channel of the clip pusher bar, the shuttle bar including a shuttle box configured to receive the distal-most clip of the plurality of clips through a first end portion of the shuttle box, opposite the pair of jaws, for transporting the distal-most clip towards the jaw assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.