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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2001
Kevin W. Smith, Coral Gobles, FL (US);
Robert Sixto, Jr., Miami, FL (US);
Juergen A. Kortenbach, Miami Springs, FL (US);
Charles R. Slater, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Kevin W. Smith, Coral Gobles, FL (US);
Robert Sixto, Jr., Miami, FL (US);
Juergen A. Kortenbach, Miami Springs, FL (US);
Charles R. Slater, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A flexible clip applier includes a flat wire wound outer tubular coil, a pair of jaws at the end of the coil, end effector wires extending through the coil and coupled to the jaws, and a clip-advancing wire extending through the coil. A large pushing force to advance a clip is created by providing a compressive force to the outer tubular coil to increase its tensile limitation, and providing a force which is compressive to the clip-advancing wire and tensile to the tubular coil while maintaining the compressive force on the tubular coil.