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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2018
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Kevin Houser, Springboro, OH (US);
Jeffery Bruns, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Matthew Kuhn, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Justin Gasparovich, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Alex Cuti, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Brady, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Nicholas Courtwright, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Alexa Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Caleb McGowen, Loveland, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
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.