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 channel assembly extending distally from the housing; a clip carrier disposed within the channel assembly and defining a channel and a plurality of windows therein; a plurality of clips slidably disposed within the channel of the clip carrier; a clip follower slidably disposed within the channel of the clip carrier and disposed proximally of the plurality of clips, wherein the clip follower is configured and dimensioned to lockout the clip applier after a last clip of the plurality of clips has been expelled by the surgical clip applier in response to movement of the at least one handle; and a jaw assembly including a pair of jaws extending from an end of the channel assembly, opposite the housing, the jaw assembly adapted to accommodate a clip therein and being operable to effect formation of a clip in response to movement of the at least one handle, a wedge plate reciprocally disposed within the channel assembly, the wedge plate being operatively connected to the at least one handle and including a plurality of apertures formed along a length thereof, wherein reciprocal movement of the wedge plate advances the clip follower distally; a clip pusher bar reciprocally positioned within the housing and the channel assembly, 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 the plurality of clips; wherein the pusher bar is movable towards the jaws as the at least one handle is approximated in a first direction in order to move a distal-most clip or the clip follower between the jaws, and the pusher bar is configured to move towards the housing as the at least one handle is further approximated in the first direction to move the pusher behind a distal-most clip in the plurality of clips or the clip follower, characterised in that the clip follower further comprises a window formed in a body portion thereof and after the last clip of the plurality of clips has been expelled by the surgical clip applier, the distal end of the pusher bar is disposed within the window of the clip follower and, upon the at least one handle being further actuated after the last clip of the plurality of clips has been expelled by the surgical clip applier, the clip pusher engages a distal end of the window of the clip follower and distally urges the clip follower to move in between the jaws, so that the clip follower prevents the jaws from closing. a housing; at least one handle pivotably connected to the housing; a channel assembly extending distally from the housing; a clip carrier disposed within the channel assembly and defining a channel and a plurality of windows therein; a plurality of clips slidably disposed within the channel of the clip carrier; a clip follower slidably disposed within the channel of the clip carrier and disposed proximally of the plurality of clips, wherein the clip follower is configured and dimensioned to lockout the clip applier after a last clip of the plurality of clips has been expelled by the surgical clip applier in response to movement of the at least one handle; and a jaw assembly including a pair of jaws extending from an end of the channel assembly, opposite the housing, the jaw assembly adapted to accommodate a clip therein and being operable to effect formation of a clip in response to movement of the at least one handle, a wedge plate reciprocally disposed within the channel assembly, the wedge plate being operatively connected to the at least one handle and including a plurality of apertures formed along a length thereof, wherein reciprocal movement of the wedge plate advances the clip follower distally; a clip pusher bar reciprocally positioned within the housing and the channel assembly, 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 the plurality of clips; wherein the pusher bar is movable towards the jaws as the at least one handle is approximated in a first direction in order to move a distal-most clip or the clip follower between the jaws, and the pusher bar is configured to move towards the housing as the at least one handle is further approximated in the first direction to move the pusher behind a distal-most clip in the plurality of clips or the clip follower, characterised in that the clip follower further comprises a window formed in a body portion thereof and after the last clip of the plurality of clips has been expelled by the surgical clip applier, the distal end of the pusher bar is disposed within the window of the clip follower and, upon the at least one handle being further actuated after the last clip of the plurality of clips has been expelled by the surgical clip applier, the clip pusher engages a distal end of the window of the clip follower and distally urges the clip follower to move in between the jaws, so that the clip follower prevents the jaws from closing.