摘要 |
ARTICULATING ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue. The apparatus comprising: a handle assembly (200) including a drive assembly (220) and a trigger (208) operatively connected to the drive assembly. A shaft assembly (300) extending from the handle assembly. The shaft assembly including an articulating neck assembly (310) and an end effector assembly supported on a distal end of the articulating neck assembly and being configured to form a surgical clip in place on the body tissue. The end effector (320) including a plurality of clips (C) loaded therein and jaws supported at a distal end of the end effector. The jaws (326) are configured to serially receive and form, a single clip at a time, of the plurality of clips. A single complete actuation of the trigger loads a single clip of the plurality of clips into the jaws and forms the single clip. |