Patent ID: 6837895

Claim:
An instrument for placing U-shaped surgical clips comprising: a magazine that has a distal and a proximal end in which several clips are arranged one behind the other in a guide and that can be pushed in a longitudinal direction, and, on the lower side of the magazine, a feeding plate which by means of flexible lugs is in contact with back sides of the clips and can be pushed forwards and backwards by means of a pushing device over at least a distance between one clip and a next clip parallel to the a guiding groove of the magazine, wherein the movement of pushing forwards shifts all the clips in the direction of the distal end of the magazine, the pushing device when pushed forwards thereby contacting the feeding plate at a point which is at a distance of at least half a length of the feeding plate away from the proximal end of the feeding plate, the feeding plate in its region that is arranged distally to the contact point of the pushing device has a middle section standing out downwards which runs along at a distance to the clips guided in the magazine, and the feeding plate in its region arranged proximally to the contact point of the pushing device has a middle section standing out upwards which is positioned close to the clips guided in the magazine.