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ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER WITH CONNECTOR PLATE

  • US 20100057106A1
  • Filed: 08/12/2009
  • Published: 03/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue, the apparatus comprising:

  • a handle assembly including a trigger and a drive bar reciprocally translatable by the trigger upon an actuation thereof;

    a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis, the shaft assembly including;

    a housing;

    a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the housing;

    a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the housing, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition;

    a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws while the jaws are in the open condition and remain in a distal-most position during an approximation of the jaws;

    a wedge plate reciprocally disposed within the housing, the wedge plate being movable between a position where a distal end thereof is disposed in the jaws and a position where the distal end thereof is free from said jaws; and

    a connector plate reciprocally disposed within the housing, wherein the connector plate detachably connects to at least one of the pusher bar and the wedge plate during at least a portion of a firing stroke of the apparatus.

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