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Surgical device

  • US 4,408,603 A
  • Filed: 06/23/1982
  • Issued: 10/11/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical device, particularly a hemostat, comprisingan applicator having a pair of cooperating jaws provided with anvils and being movable between an open and a closed position;

  • andsupply means for feeding surgical clips to said jaws, said supply means comprising a cartridge including a housing, a string of clips in said cartridge, means for advancing the string relative to the housing and towards the jaws for seriatim insertion of the respectively leading clip of the string between said anvils while said jaws are in said open position so as to become cinched between said anvils when the jaws move to said closed position, and means for retracting all except the respectively leading clip in direction away from said anvils relative to the housing and prior to movement of said jaws from said open towards said closed position, said retracting means comprising a retracting member mounted for movement between said leading clip and its adjacent clip for urging said adjacent clip and the successive clips away from said anvils;

    wherein each of said clips is generally U-shaped with a pair of free ends interconnected by a bight, said clips being positioned in said housing with the free ends of one clip disposed at the bight of its adjacent successive clip, and said retracting member being mounted for insertion between said bight of said leading clip and said bight of said adjacent clip, whereby movement of said retracting member away from said anvils causes said adjacent clip and said successive clips to move away from said anvils.

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