US 11,666,342 B2
Surgical clip applier with wide aperture surgical clips
Gregory Scott, Cincinnati, OH (US); Michael J. Stokes, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Disha Labhasetwar, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Cilag GbmH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/101,157.
Application 17/101,157 is a continuation of application No. 15/891,609, filed on Feb. 8, 2018, granted, now 10,842,499.
Prior Publication US 2021/0085331 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1285 (2013.01) [A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2939 (2013.01); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An end effector for a surgical clip applier, comprising:
an elongate body;
first and second jaw members extending out a distal end of the body;
a clip track provided within the body and containing one or more surgical clips, each surgical clip including a crown and a pair of legs extending longitudinally from the crown and diverging from each other at a diverging opening angle; and
a pre-forming region defined by the first and second jaw members to receive and deform the one or more surgical clips from a first state, where the pair of legs diverge at the diverging opening angle, to a second state, where the diverging opening angle is reduced and the one or more surgical clips are prepared to be received at a distal end of the first and second jaw members and crimped,
wherein the first and second jaw members are collapsed a first time to deform a surgical clip of the one or more surgical clips from the first state to the second state, and collapsed a second time to crimp the surgical clip between the first and second jaw members at the distal end.