Ethicon, Gmbh

Justin Gasparovich

Jeffery D Bruns

Matthew Thomas Kuhn

Alex Cuti

Kevin L Houser

Michael J Stokes

Gregory G Scott

John E Brady

Disha V Labhasetwar

Nicholas D Courtwright

Alexa Miller

Caleb McGowen

Caleb Mcgowen

An end effector for a surgical clip applier includes an elongate body, a clip revolver rotatably positioned within the body and providing an inner bore that defines a plurality of clip slots angularly spaced from each other about an inner surface of the inner bore, wherein a plurality of surgical clips are receivable within the plurality of clip slots in a nested helical array. First and second jaw members extend past a distal end of the body and aligned to receive a distal-most surgical clip of the plurality of surgical clips, wherein the clip revolver is rotatable to sequentially align each surgical clip with the first and second jaw members.

Revolver loading surgical clip applier

A surgical clip applier includes a drive housing, an elongate shaft that extends distally from the drive housing, an end effector arranged at a distal end of the elongate shaft and including first and second jaw members, and an articulation joint interposing the end effector and the elongate shaft. The articulation joint includes a flexible shaft length articulable in a plane of motion and having a first end and a second end, a lumen defined within the flexible shaft length and extending between the first and second ends, and a clip track provided within the lumen and extending at least partially between the first and second ends to guide surgical clips through the articulation joint.

Surgical clip applier with articulating joint path for surgical clips

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Liberty Township, OH, United States of America

Justin Gasparovich