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Automatic surgical ligation clip applier

  • US 9,271,737 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 03/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An applier for a ligation clip comprising:

  • an outer tube having mounting bosses, the mounting bosses defining holes;

    a pair of jaws pivotally connected to the mounting bosses, the jaws having outwardly extending projections that extend through the holes in the bosses and inwardly extending actuating projections;

    a feed tube located in the outer tube and configured to move axially within the outer tube, the feed tube having actuating slots into which the actuating projections extend;

    a clip lock arm located in the outer tube and configured to move axially within the outer tube; and

    a clip advance arm located in the outer tube and configured to move axially within the outer tube, the clip advance arm having flexible pinchers at one end of the clip advance arm.

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