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US 2002/0120279 A1Published application
Safety locking mechanism for a medical clip device
AssigneeMicroline, Inc.
InventorsHenri F. Deguillebon, Emmanuel Manetakis
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AssigneeMicroline, Inc.
InventorsHenri F. Deguillebon, Emmanuel Manetakis
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An elongated medical clip applying device having a hand holdable housing at a proximal end thereof and a barrel clip-dispenser at a distal end thereof is arranged for dispensing squeezable clips onto a mammalian tissue. The device includes a hollow inner sleeve arranged within the housing. The sleeve has a proximal end for receiving a clip feeder cartridge therein. A proximal bearing is slidably disposed about a proximal circumference of the inner sleeve. A trigger lever is attached to the housing, the trigger lever having a linkage bar thereon connected to a finger for moving the proximal bearing proximally and distally. A lock mechanism is arranged in the sleeve to deny a clip feeder cartridge entry into the sleeve when the proximal bearing is adjacent the lock mechanism.
An elongated medical clip applying device having a hand holdable housing at a proximal end thereof and a barrel clip-dispenser at a distal end thereof for dispensing squeezable clips onto a mammalian tissue, said device including
A method of locking an elongated medical clip applying device to prevent inadvertent loading of a clip cartridge into an inner sleeve thereof, which sleeve and an extended distal barrel supportively arranged in a housing of said device, comprising:
The method as recited in claim 11, including:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.