Clip advancer with lockout mechanism

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8496673
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13111378

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A surgical clip applier and methods for applying surgical clips to a vessel, duct, shunt, etc., during a surgical procedure are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical clip applier is provided and can include a housing having a trigger movably coupled thereto and an elongate shaft extending therefrom with opposed jaws formed on a distal end thereof. The clip applier can include an advancer assembly disposed within the elongate shaft and configured to advance one of a plurality of clips disposed within the elongate shaft into the opposed jaws. A feeder shoe can be disposed within the elongate shaft and can be configured to engage and prevent the advancer assembly from moving to a proximal position after the advancer assembly has moved to a distal position to advance a proximal-most clip into the opposed jaws. This can indicate to a user that a clip supply of the surgical clip applier is depleted.

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  • ETHICON LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Herrera-Davis, Denzel Z Cincinnati, US 14 900
Nguyen, Anthony T West Chester, US 15 8208

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