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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2008
Earl M. Zergiebel, Guilford, CT (US);
Kenneth H. Whitfield, New Haven, CT (US);
Gregory Sorrentino, Wallingford, CT (US);
Kevin Robert Slisz, Old Saybrook, CT (US);
Roberto Pedros, Oxford, CT (US);
Earl M. Zergiebel, Guilford, CT (US);
Kenneth H. Whitfield, New Haven, CT (US);
Gregory Sorrentino, Wallingford, CT (US);
Kevin Robert Slisz, Old Saybrook, CT (US);
Roberto Pedros, Oxford, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical clip applier is provided including a housing; a pair of handles; a channel assembly extending from the housing; a clip carrier disposed within said channel assembly and defining a channel and a plurality of windows; a wedge plate slidably disposed within said channel assembly and being operatively connected to said handles, said wedge plate including a plurality of apertures formed along a length thereof; a plurality of clips slidably disposed within said channel of said clip carrier; and a clip follower slidably disposed within said channel of said clip carrier at a location proximal of said plurality of clips. The clip follower is configured and adapted for selective engagement with said windows of said clip carrier and said apertures of said wedge plate to distally urge said plurality of clips relative to said clip carrier upon a distal advancement of said wedge plate.