US 12,064,115 B2
Clip applier having stabilizing member
Carson J. Shellenberger, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed by TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,909.
Application 17/686,909 is a continuation of application No. 15/927,763, filed on Mar. 21, 2018, granted, now 11,266,408.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/474,544, filed on Mar. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211379 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/10 (2013.01) [A61B 17/083 (2013.01); A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clip applier configured to apply a surgical clip to tissue, the clip applier comprising:
a first jaw member configured to engage a distal portion of a first leg member of the surgical clip;
a second jaw member configured to engage a distal portion of a second leg member of the surgical clip;
a first stabilizing member extending from the first jaw member;
a second stabilizing member extending from the second jaw member, wherein the first and second stabilizing members define a space therebetween configured to receive a proximal portion of the surgical clip and to reduce lateral movement of the surgical clip;
a first channel on an inner surface of the first jaw member configured to receive the second stabilizing member when the first and second jaw members are in a closed configuration; and
a second channel on an inner surface of the second jaw member configured to receive the first stabilizing member when the first and second jaw members are in the closed configuration.