Clip cartridge
AssigneeUnited States Surgical Corporation
InventorsFelix F. Esposito, Lawrence M. Rank, Lawrence Crainich, Paul A. LaRue
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Abstract
A clip cartridge for supporting a plurality of clips is provided. The clip cartridge includes a body defining a plurality of clip chambers each configured and dimensioned to receive a clip therein. Interlocking structure is provided on each end of the cartridge to facilitate attachment of a multiplicity of clip cartridges together. Clip cartridges housing different size clips have substantially identical external dimensions and internal dimensions which accommodate for the different size clips. The uniformity of the external dimensions of the cartridges housing different size clips facilitates attachment of the cartridges housing different size clips.
Claims13
A clip cartridge for supporting hemostatic clips comprising:
- a body having a base and a plurality of upstanding walls, each of the upstanding walls being spaced from an adjacent upstanding wall to define a hemostatic clip chamber therebetween, each of the clip chambers being configured and dimensioned to receive a clip, at least one of the adjacent upstanding walls including an engagement member positioned to retain the hemostatic clip within the clip chamber;
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- interlocking structure positioned on the body, the interlocking structure being configured to releasably engage interlocking structure on a second clip cartridge to releasably secure two of the cartridges together,
- wherein each upstanding wall includes one of a resilient wall section and a stationary wall section, wherein the upper portion of each clip chamber is defined by one of the resilient wall sections and one of the stationary wall sections.
A clip cartridge for supporting hemostatic clips comprising:
- a body having a base and a plurality of upstanding walls, adjacent upstanding walls defining clip chambers configured and dimensioned to receive a hemostatic clip, at least one of the adjacent upstanding walls including an engagement member positioned to retain the hemostatic clip within the clip chamber;
- a projection secured to one end of the body;
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- a recess formed in the other end of the body, the recess being configured and dimensioned to receive the projection to facilitate attachment of two or more clip cartridges together,
- wherein each upstanding wall includes one of a flexible wall section and a stationary wall section, the upper end of each clip chamber being defined by one of the stationary wall sections and one of the flexible wall sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.