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Surgical clip applicator

  • US 5,643,291 A
  • Filed: 09/03/1996
  • Issued: 07/01/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination:

  • (a) a surgical clip applicator comprising;

    a handle,a shaft tube mounted to the handle and defining a clip magazine-receiving region at a distal end thereof,a connecting rod movably positioned within the shaft tube, the connecting rod extending into the handle, and a jaw member positioned at a distal end of the shaft tube; and

    (b) a clip magazine containing a plurality of clips and a clip reloader,wherein the clip magazine is removably received within the clip magazine-receiving region at the distal end of the shaft tube, the connecting rod includes a projection that engages a resilient coupling member which is operatively connected to the clip reloader so that distal movement of the connecting rod may effect distal movement of the clip reloader, and the connecting rod includes at least one camming face at a distal end thereof so that distal movement of the connecting rod may effect camming of the jaw member.

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