Patent ID: 9398917
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue, the apparatus comprising: a) a handle assembly; b) a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle assembly and including an upper housing and a lower housing; c) a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; d) jaws mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaws including a pair of jaw members movable between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position; e) a drive bar at least partially disposed within the handle assembly and the shaft assembly, the drive bar being longitudinally movable in response to actuation of a trigger of the handle assembly; f) a drive channel positioned adjacent the first and second jaw members to move the jaw members from the spaced-apart position to the approximated position; and g) a wedge plate rack mechanism operatively interposed between a channel of the lower housing and the drive channel, the wedge plate rack mechanism including: