SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER

摘要

A surgical lip applier (10) includes a housing (12), a pair of handles (14) pivotally connected to opposite sides of the housing, a channel assembly extending from the housing, and a jaw assembly (18). A pusher bar (30) assembly is provided to feed clips (26) from a series of clips to the jaw mechanism under the influence of a spring (44), a damping mechanism (200) is provided to generate a force on the pusher member to counteract the spring force, and decelerate the distal advancement of the pusher member as a clip is fed to the jaw assembly.