Surgical Clip Applier with Clip Forming System
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsMichael J. Stokes, Matthew Kuhn, Jeffery Bruns, Joshua Young, Alex Cuti, John Brady, Gregory Scott, Disha Labhasetwar
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Abstract
An end effector for a surgical clip applier includes an elongate body, a clip forming system positioned within the body and arranged to receive an unformed surgical clip, and an actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the clip forming system to actuate the clip forming system and thereby bend the unformed surgical clip into a tissue-ready surgical clip. First and second jaw members are positioned at a distal end of the body and arranged to receive the tissue-ready surgical clip for crimping.
Claims20
An end effector for a surgical clip applier, comprising:
- an elongate body;
- a clip forming system positioned within the body and arranged to receive an unformed surgical clip;
- an actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the clip forming system to actuate the clip forming system and thereby bend the unformed surgical clip into a tissue-ready surgical clip;
- and
- first and second jaw members positioned at a distal end of the body and arranged to receive the tissue-ready surgical clip for crimping.
A method of operating an end effector of a surgical clip applier, comprising:
- positioning the end effector adjacent a patient for operation, the end effector including:
- an elongate body;
- a clip forming system positioned within the body;
- an actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the clip forming system;
- and
- first and second jaw members positioned at a distal end of the body;
- advancing an unformed surgical clip to the clip forming system;
- actuating the clip forming system and thereby bending the unformed surgical clip into a tissue-ready surgical clip;
- advancing the tissue-ready surgical clip from the clip forming system to the first and second jaw members;
- and
- collapsing the first and second jaw members to crimp the tissue-ready surgical clip.
A surgical clip applier, comprising:
- a drive housing;
- an elongate shaft that extends from the drive housing;
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- an end effector arranged at a distal end of the elongate shaft, the end effector including:
- an elongate body;
- a clip forming system positioned within the body and arranged to receive an unformed surgical clip;
- an actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the clip forming system to actuate the clip forming system and thereby bend the unformed surgical clip into a tissue-ready surgical clip;
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- first and second jaw members positioned at a distal end of the body and arranged to receive the tissue-ready surgical clip for crimping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.