Automatic surgical ligation clip applier

US9271737B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Salvatore Castro · Raleigh, US
• Curtis W. Thornton · Cary, US
• Lynn Willett · Raleigh, US
• Michael Dell RAMSEY · Osceola, US
• Philip Schmidt · Roxboro, US
• Dan Monahan · Raleigh, US
• Adam I. Lehman · Northford, US
• Paul E. Whiting · Morrisville, US
• Leland Ray Adams · Ansonia, US
• Alan Bachman · Milford, US
• Steven Morris · Cary, US
• Bradley J. LaBarbera · Troy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/2937
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.