Trigger lockout device for clip applying instrument

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2008-09-02

2008-09-02

Manahan, Todd E. (Department: 3734)

Surgery

Instruments

Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier

C227S175400, C227S019000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11210832

ABSTRACT:
A trigger lockout device for a clip applying instrument. The lockout device includes a displaceable slider actuable by squeezing a trigger slidable in first and second directions a longitudinal axial direction within the barrel, and a block disposed within the barrel. When a first number of clips have not been applied and when the trigger is squeezed, the slider slidably engages and displaces the block and slides along a path in the axial direction to retrieve a clip of the first number of clips, and to insert the clip into the pair of jaws, and when a second number or none of the clips have not been applied, the slider engages the block to substantially prevent the slider from sliding along the path in at least one of the first or second directions such that the triggery cannot be unsqueezed.

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