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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Salvatore Castro, Raleigh, NC (US);
Curtis Thornton, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Lynn Willett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Ramsey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Philip Schmidt, Roxboro, NC (US);
Dan Monahan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Adam Lehman, Northford, CT (US);
Paul Whiting, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Leland Ray Adams, Ansonia, CT (US);
Alan Bachman, Milford, CT (US);
Steven Morris, Cary, NC (US);
Bradley J. Labarbera, Raleigh, NC (US);
Salvatore Castro, Raleigh, NC (US);
Curtis Thornton, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Lynn Willett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Ramsey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Philip Schmidt, Roxboro, NC (US);
Dan Monahan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Adam Lehman, Northford, CT (US);
Paul Whiting, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Leland Ray Adams, Ansonia, CT (US);
Alan Bachman, Milford, CT (US);
Steven Morris, Cary, NC (US);
Bradley J. Labarbera, Raleigh, NC (US);
TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
An applier for ligation clip is provided. The applier includes: an outer tube having mounting bosses; a pair of jaws pivotally connected to the mounting bosses, the jaws having actuating projections; a feed tube located in the outer tube and configured to move axially within the outer tube, the feed tube having actuating slots in which the actuating projections are located; a clip lock arm located in the outer tube and configured to move axially within the outer tube; and a clip advance arm located in the outer tube and configured to move axially within the outer tube, the clip advance arm having flexible pinchers at one end of the clip advance arm. A method of applying a ligation clip is also disclosed.