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Electrosurgical clip applicator

  • US 5,207,691 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1991
  • Issued: 05/04/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrosurgical clipping device, comprising:

  • a handle portion adjacent and connected to an elongate member, the handle portion having a triggering means for deploying at least one surgical clip;

    a means for housing a supply of surgical clips within the device;

    a surgical clip delivery means for deploying at least one clip from the device to desired tissue, the clip delivery means extending from a distal end of the elongate member;

    actuating means for effecting the deployment of one or more surgical clips through the delivery means in response to activation of the triggering means, the actuating means connecting between the triggering means and the delivery means;

    supply means associated with the clipping device for delivering electrical current through the clipping device from a source remote from the clipping device to the delivery means for discharge through a clip to tissue contacted by the clip; and

    control means for selectively activating and regulating the electrosurgical energy delivered through the energy supply means to the delivery means.

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