Patent ID: 9468440
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. Surgical clip applicator for generally U-shaped or V-shaped clips, comprising: a handle portion, a shaft adjoining the handle portion, a clip applying tool arranged at a free end of the shaft, and a clip magazine, the clip applying tool comprising a mouthpiece with tool jaws for holding a clip during application of the clip and a closing device for transferring the tool jaws from an open, idle position to a closed position, the mouthpiece being made of a plastic material and being held separately from the closing device on the clip applicator; wherein: the mouthpiece is of a fork-shaped configuration with two substantially parallel arms and carries, at free ends of the two substantially parallel arms, the tool jaws which are integrally formed on the two substantially parallel arms; the tool jaws are held for pivotal movement towards one another on the two substantially parallel arms, the two substantially parallel arms comprising two bearing elements which project towards each other and which are adapted to be brought into abutment when the tool jaws are transferred from the open, idle position to the closed position, and the two bearing elements forming a pivot bearing for imparting the pivotal movement to the tool jaws when the two bearing elements are brought in abutment with each other by the closing device.