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Medical clip applier safety arrangement

  • US 6,840,945 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2002
  • Issued: 01/11/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medical clip dispenser apparatus for the pinching of a medical clip or staple about a portion of a mammalian body tissue, said apparatus comprising:

  • an elongated support beam having a distal end with a stationary lower housing thereon;

    a distally movable hollow cinch slidably disposed on said lower housing, said cinch having a portion of a pair of openable and closable jaws squeezably arranged therewithin; and

    an elongated pusher having a generally cross-shaped member on a distal end thereof in slidable engagement with a shoulder track on said jaws, to slide between said jaws as they spread apart from one another and for concurrently pushing a new clip into position between said jaws.

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