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Endoscopic surgical clip applier with connector plate

  • US 9,358,011 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2015
  • Issued: 06/07/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue, the apparatus comprising:

  • a handle assembly including a trigger and a drive bar, the drive bar being reciprocally translatable by the trigger upon a firing stroke thereof;

    a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis, the shaft assembly including;

    a housing having a stationary feature projecting therefrom;

    a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the 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 pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws while the jaws are in the open condition and remain in a distal-most position during an approximation of the jaws, the pusher bar including a spring clip supported thereon for detachably connecting to the stationary feature of the housing when the push bar is at the distal-most position;

    a wedge plate reciprocally disposed within the housing, the wedge plate being movable between a position where a distal end thereof is disposed in the jaws and a position where the distal end thereof is free from the jaws; and

    a connector plate reciprocally disposed within the housing, wherein the connector plate detachably connects to each of the pusher bar and the wedge plate during at least a portion of the firing stroke of the trigger.

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