Patent ID: 9526501
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A surgical clip applier for applying surgical clips to body tissue, the surgical clip applier comprising: a housing; at least one handle pivotably connected to the housing; a drive channel reciprocally disposed at least partially within the housing, the drive channel having a first end operatively connected to the at least one handle; a pusher bar reciprocally positioned at least partially within the housing, the pusher bar having a proximal end operatively connected to at least one handle and a distal end defining a pusher, wherein the distal end of the pusher bar is configured for engagement with a distal-most clip of a plurality of clips loaded in the clip applier; and a motion multiplier system having a plurality of linkage members configured to distally move the pusher bar by an incremental amount upon an initial actuation of the at least one handle, and configured to proximally move the pusher bar subsequent to the initial actuation of the at least one handle; wherein the plurality of linkages of the motion multiplier system include: