Patent ID: 8845659
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue, the apparatus comprising: a handle assembly including: a shaft assembly extending from the handle assembly, the shaft assembly including: wherein a single complete actuation of the trigger loads the single clip of the plurality of clips into the jaws and forms the single clip; wherein a rotatable drive member operatively connected to the trigger and to the end effector, wherein actuation of the trigger results in a rotation of the drive member, and the rotation of the drive member results in a loading of the single clip of the plurality of clips into the jaws and in a closing of the jaws, and wherein the rotatable drive member includes the handle drive screw threadably engaged with the helical lumen of the drive block, wherein axial translation of the drive block relative to the handle drive screw of the handle assembly results in a rotation of the handle drive screw.