Patent ID: 6352541
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A magazine for a surgical clip applicator comprising:a receiving chamber for clips arranged one behind the other, said clips being displaceable towards an open end of the receiving chamber and having two arms connected via a bridge and being pivotable away from one another into an open position contrary to an elastic force, projections associated with said arms and projecting rearwards beyond the bridge, said magazine including two opening tools located opposite one another and movable towards one another like pincers and adapted to abut on the projections of the respectively foremost clip, wherein: the opening tools are connected in a hinge-like manner to an advancing element displaceable in the magazine parallel to the direction of displacement of the clips, said opening tools being adapted to come to rest on a deflection surface of the magazine during the advancing movement of said advancing element in the direction towards the open end of the receiving chamber, and each opening tool is thereby pivoted inwards transversely to the direction of displacement, towards the opening tool located respectively opposite.