Patent ID: 8968336
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A multiple surgical clip deploying system, comprising: a housing having a channel oriented in a proximal/distal direction; a plurality of self-cinching clips each made of a super-elastic material having a relaxed configuration and a constrained configuration; a cartridge including a plurality of chambers each sized to hold one of the self-cinching clips in its constrained configuration, the entire cartridge being movable along the housing channel between a distal position and a proximal position, and the cartridge having a proximal portion movable relative to a distal portion; an inner needle having a sharpened end configured to puncture biological tissue and/or synthetic materials and having a lumen sized to receive one of the clips, the inner needle being fixedly connected to the distal portion of the cartridge and extending in a distal direction; and a pusher handle arranged to be held at a proximal end of the housing channel and having a pusher shaft extending therefrom sized to fit through a first cartridge chamber and through the inner needle lumen when the cartridge is in its proximal position, the pusher handle and shaft being removable from the cartridge chamber to permit the movable portion of the cartridge to be repositioned to align a second cartridge chamber with the inner needle.