Surgery – Instruments – Suture – ligature – elastic band or clip applier
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-15
2010-06-22
Nguyen, Anhtuan T (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier
C606S139000, C227S901000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07740641
ABSTRACT:
A surgical clip applier and methods for applying surgical clips to a vessel, duct, shunt, etc., during a surgical procedure are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical clip applier is provided having a housing with a trigger movably coupled thereto and a shaft extending therefrom with opposed jaws formed on a distal end thereof. The trigger is adapted to advance a clip to position the clip between the jaws, and to move the jaws from an open position to a closed position to crimp the clip positioned therebetween. The surgical clip applier can include a variety of features to facilitate use of the device, including features to align a clip with the jaws, features to prevent unintentional migration of a clip, and features to prevent clip fallout during formation.
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Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.
Garner Dean
Nguyen Anhtuan T
Sonnett Kathleen
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