Patent ID: 7862503

Claim:
An endoscopic surgical instrument, comprising: a plurality of flexible members each having a proximal end and a distal end, said flexible members sufficiently flexible to extend through a lumen of a flexible endoscope which is bent in a torturous path; an end effector assembly coupled to the distal ends of said flexible members, said end effector assembly including a clip dispenser for housing a plurality of clips and a pair of jaws; and a manual actuator coupled to said proximal ends of said flexible members, said manual actuator including a lever, a knob, and a crank, wherein rotation of said lever about a lever pivot axis causes pivoting of at least one of said pair of jaws relative to the other of said pair of jaws about a first axis, rotation of said knob causes torquing rotational movement of said end effector assembly about a second axis extending transverse to said first axis, and turning of said crank about a third axis extending substantially parallel to said lever pivot axis causes distal longitudinal translation of a clip from said clip dispenser through said jaws substantially parallel to said second axis.