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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bela Vincze, Flemington, NJ (US);
Alan Deeter, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Fred Dolder, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53443 ; 53246 ; 53250 ; 53258 ; 53281 ; 53471 ; 53475 ; 53534 ; 53536 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and process for loading ligating clips into ligating clip cartridges. Ligating clips are fed to an inversion wheel having cavities for receiving the clips. The clips are inverted by rotating the wheel. The clips are pushed into ligating clip cartridge covers by an insertion blade. The cartridge cover is indexed by an automatic control system to receive the clips. A cartridge base is inserted into the cover after it has been loaded with clips to form the assembled cartridge.