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Apparatus for applying surgical clips

  • US 4,557,263 A
  • Filed: 01/23/1984
  • Issued: 12/10/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for applying a surgical clip to body tissue comprising:

  • a longitudinal shaft having a distal portion including two laterally spaced, relatively fixed cam surface portions which are inclined toward one another in the distal direction;

    clip carrier means for both carrying and closing a surgical clip mounted for longitudinal reciprocal motion relative to the shaft and including a proximal member and two laterally spaced cam follower members pivotally mounted adjacent the distal end of the proximal member, the cam follower members being initially located proximally of the cam surface portions and having surface portions for engaging and supporting a surgical clip in the space between the cam follower members; and

    means for causing the clip carrier means to move distally relative to the shaft so that each of the cam follower members engages a respective one of the cam surface portions to force the cam follower members toward one another and close the surgical clip.

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