Forceps for clamping surgical clips
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1. Forceps for holding a surgical clip provided with projections thereon, said forceps comprising:
- a guide tube having a longitudinal axis;
a pair of control levers connected to one end of the guide tube so as to be movable toward and away from each other;
a pair of links connected at one end to the pair of control levers;
knee means, connected to opposite ends of the pair of links, for joining the pair of links together;
a wire rod extending through the guide tube and having one end connected to the knee means;
a movable clamping piece being connected to an opposite end of the wire rod and projecting from an opposite end of the guide tube;
a fixed clamping piece provided on the opposite end of the guide tube in parallel with the movable clamping piece; and
bore means, provided in alignment with each other in the movable clamping piece and in the fixed clamping piece in a direction parallel with the longitudinal axis of the guide tube, for receiving projections provided on a surgical clip;
whereby the surgical clip is clamped in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the guide tube.
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Abstract
A surgical clip has projections on its load-bearing portion. Also, a forceps used with the surgical clip is formed with depressions or small holes to receive the projections on the surgical clip.
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1. Forceps for holding a surgical clip provided with projections thereon, said forceps comprising:
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a guide tube having a longitudinal axis; a pair of control levers connected to one end of the guide tube so as to be movable toward and away from each other; a pair of links connected at one end to the pair of control levers; knee means, connected to opposite ends of the pair of links, for joining the pair of links together; a wire rod extending through the guide tube and having one end connected to the knee means; a movable clamping piece being connected to an opposite end of the wire rod and projecting from an opposite end of the guide tube; a fixed clamping piece provided on the opposite end of the guide tube in parallel with the movable clamping piece; and bore means, provided in alignment with each other in the movable clamping piece and in the fixed clamping piece in a direction parallel with the longitudinal axis of the guide tube, for receiving projections provided on a surgical clip; whereby the surgical clip is clamped in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the guide tube.
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