US 12,290,257 B2
Surgical clip applier with removable power pack
Thomas G. Wenchell, Jr., Durham, CT (US); and C. Robert Satti, III, Westbrook, CT (US)
Assigned to REVMEDICA, INC., Middletown, CT (US)
Filed by RevMedica, Inc., Durham, CT (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/674,927.
Application 17/674,927 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/269,907, granted, now 11,564,685, previously published as PCT/US2020/042033, filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/227,443, filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/154,873, filed on Mar. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/962,388, filed on Jan. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/876,586, filed on Jul. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202417 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/0684 (2013.01) [A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical clip applier comprising:
a housing containing a compartment;
an elongated member extending distally from the housing;
a first jaw and a second jaw at a distal portion of the elongated member, at least the first jaw movable with respect to the second jaw to close a clip supported by the first and second jaws;
an advancer positioned within the housing, the advancer movable between a first retracted position and a second advanced position, wherein in the second position, the advancer effects closing of the jaws to close the clip;
a cover on the housing openable to access the compartment within the housing; and
a power pack removably loadable into the compartment, the power pack having a motor and an engagement member removably engageable with the advancer within the housing when the power pack is loaded into the compartment to effect movement of the advancer from the first position to the second position.