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clip applicator system

  • US 5,634,930 A
  • Filed: 03/14/1995
  • Issued: 06/03/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical instrument, comprising:

  • a handle component;

    a cartridge component comprising an elongated tubular body;

    said handle component comprising an actuating member mounted therein for selective reciprocal proximal and distal movements along a longitudinal axis thereof;

    said body having a longitudinal axis, and further comprising;

    a clip feeder;

    a closure member;

    said clip feeder connected to said closure member by a direction reversing mechanism at a first location within said body for selective movements so that when said clip feeder moves in a first direction, said closure member can move in a second direction which is opposite said first direction;

    one of said feeder and said clip closure member separately connected to said actuating member, which when said one of said clip feeder and said closure member moves in a first direction results in the other of said clip feeder and closure member which is not connected to said actuator member moving in an opposite direction from said first direction by virtue of said direction reversing mechanism, for feeding and forming clips.

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