Patent ID: 8348964

Claim:
A clip unit case for housing a clip unit which includes a clip having a plurality of arms which are closable to grip living tissue, a press tube into which the clip is inserted to close the arms of the clip, and a coupling member which is to be inserted into the press tube and engages with the clip, the coupling member being adapted to be connected to one end of an elongated operating member for moving the coupling member, the clip unit case comprising: a first case portion having a first room in which the clip unit is housed; and a second case portion which is connected to the first case portion and has a second room which communicates with the first room, and into which said one end of the operating member is to be inserted; wherein the second case portion includes a pair of compression sections having opposite inner surfaces defining the second room, wherein at least one of the compression sections is outwardly bent at one end so that opposite ends of the inner surface of the compression sections are spaced apart with each other, wherein said at least one compression section is inwardly swingable around the one end of the at least one compression section so that the opposite ends of the inner surfaces of the compression sections approach with each other to fix said one end of the operating member in the second room between the opposite inner surfaces of the compression section.