Endoscopic surgical clip applier
First Claim
1. An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue, the apparatus comprising:
- an elongate endoscopic shaft assembly extending distally from a handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis, the shaft assembly including;
a housing;
a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the housing, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition;
a clip carrier disposed in the shaft assembly and defining a clip channel,a plurality of surgical clips slidably disposed within the clip channel of the clip carrier;
a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip, of the plurality of surgical clips, into the jaws during each distal advancement of the pusher bar, the pusher bar including a proximally extending catch;
a clip follower slidably disposed within the clip channel of the clip carrier and disposed proximally of the plurality of surgical clips, the clip follower includes a lock-out tab extending from a surface thereof, the lock-out tab defining a window, wherein the window of the lock-out tab receives the catch of the pusher bar following a firing of a final surgical clip thereby preventing movement of the pusher bar in a proximal direction.
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Abstract
An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is provided and includes a handle assembly; a shaft assembly including a housing extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; and a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly and being detachably connectable to the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws during distal movement and remain connected to the housing of the shaft assembly and in a distally advanced position during an approximation of the jaws.
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1. An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue, the apparatus comprising:
an elongate endoscopic shaft assembly extending distally from a handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis, the shaft assembly including; a housing; a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the housing, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; a clip carrier disposed in the shaft assembly and defining a clip channel, a plurality of surgical clips slidably disposed within the clip channel of the clip carrier; a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip, of the plurality of surgical clips, into the jaws during each distal advancement of the pusher bar, the pusher bar including a proximally extending catch; a clip follower slidably disposed within the clip channel of the clip carrier and disposed proximally of the plurality of surgical clips, the clip follower includes a lock-out tab extending from a surface thereof, the lock-out tab defining a window, wherein the window of the lock-out tab receives the catch of the pusher bar following a firing of a final surgical clip thereby preventing movement of the pusher bar in a proximal direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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