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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2004
Applicant:
J. David Hughett, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Inventor:
J. David Hughett, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
Teleflex Medical Incorporated, Limerick, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for applying surgical clips includes a jaw assembly and a jaw opening member. The jaw assembly includes first and second opposing pivotable jaw members that define a variable-width jaw aperture therebetween for receiving a clip. The jaw opening member is movable into engagement with the first and second jaw members for increasing the width of the jaw aperture, thereby improving the release of a clip from the jaw assembly.