Patent ID: 8080021

Claim:
An apparatus for deployment of multiple hemostatic clips, comprising: a shaft connected to a handle; a control linkage operatively connected to the handle; a magazine disposed at a distal end of the shaft, the magazine containing a plurality of clips arranged in a chain rotatable within the magazine, wherein a proximal-most one of the clips is coupled to the control linkage, a distal portion of the magazine being contoured to permit opening of a distal-most one of the clips during a distal stroke of the control linkage, and to assist closing and locking of the distal-most clip during a proximal stroke of the control linkage, the magazine including an expanded chamber located proximal to the distal portion of the magazine and sized to allow opening in any rotational orientation of a next clip located immediately proximal to the distal-most clip to a degree sufficient to disengage the distal-most clip from the clip chain, wherein the expanded chamber extends 360 degrees around a circumference of the magazine, wherein a diameter of the expanded chamber is larger than a width of the next clip in a closed configuration so that as the next clip is moved into the expanded chamber the next clip expands radially by a distance sufficient to release the distal most clip from the next clip.