Patent ID: 7740641

Claim:
An improved endoscopic surgical clip applier having jaws which close together to approximate tissues to be clipped and a clip advancing assembly adapted to sequentially advance a plurality of clips into the jaws, the improvement comprising: a portion of the clip advancing assembly including a pusher mechanism that is disposed within a clip track and movable toward the jaws to advance a plurality of clips sequentially into the jaws, the pusher mechanism having a deflectable tang formed thereon and biased against the clip track to generate friction therebetween before the pusher mechanism is actuated to be advanced distally to prevent unintentional movement of the pusher mechanism within the clip track, and being movable when the clip advancing assembly is actuated to advance the pusher mechanism distally to advance a clip into the jaws, wherein the deflectable tang includes a lip formed thereon adapted to engage a corresponding ridge formed in the clip track.