Patent ID: 8403138

Claim:
A surgical clip cartridge comprising: a housing member; a plurality of C-shaped surgical clips stored in the housing member, the C-shaped surgical clips having two limbs connected to one another by a web; a plurality of compartments provided on the housing member, each compartment being adapted for receiving a respective one of the surgical clips, and having a support face adapted to a contour of the surgical clip, such that an inner face of the respective surgical clip abuts the support face; holding members arranged on the housing member, each of the holding members being adapted to be pivoted from a holding position into a release position and, in the holding position, the holding members fix the respective surgical clip in the respective compartment and, in the release position, the holding members are removed from the respective surgical clip; wherein: at least one opening is provided in the limbs, the holding members each engaging in one of the at least one opening in a corresponding one of the limbs in the holding position; the at least one opening in the limbs of the surgical clip comprises at least one slot running along the limbs; the housing member, the support face, and the holding members consist of a plastics material; the holding members are connected by a bending web to the housing member; and the bending web is permanently plastically deformed when the holding members are pivoted out of the holding position into the release position.