Patent ID: 8968337
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical clip applying apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue, the apparatus comprising: a housing; a drive assembly at least partially positioned within the housing; a shaft assembly extending distally from the housing and having a first tubular member and a second tubular member located distally from the first tubular member, the first tubular member defining a longitudinal axis, the second tubular member supporting a plurality of surgical clips and configured to distally advance each single clip of the plurality of surgical clips, individually, to form the single clip of the plurality of surgical clips upon each single firing of the surgical clip applying apparatus, the first tubular member and the second tubular member being pivotally connected through a common pivot axis, the pivot axis being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; wherein the second tubular member includes a jaw assembly having a pair of juxtaposed jaws, the jaw assembly having a spaced apart condition for entirely receiving a single unformed clip between the pair of jaws, and an approximated condition wherein the pair of jaws form the single clip disposed therebetween, wherein the second tubular member defines a longitudinal axis, and wherein the pair of jaws are approximated in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the second tubular member; and an articulation mechanism operatively connected between the first tubular member and the second tubular member, the articulation mechanism including: