US 12,433,603 B2
Flexible stabilizing member for a clip applier
Carson J. Shellenberger, Cary, NC (US); and Warren Taylor, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed by TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/088,368.
Application 18/088,368 is a continuation of application No. 15/927,885, filed on Mar. 21, 2018, granted, now 11,534,177.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/474,535, filed on Mar. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0126151 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1285 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1222 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01)] 19 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 first distal portion of the surgical clip, a second jaw member configured to engage a second distal portion of the surgical clip, and the first and second jaw members configured to move relative to each other between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
a first longitudinal channel extending through a first inner portion of the first jaw member and separating the first jaw member into a pair of first extensions;
a second longitudinal channel extending through a second inner portion of the second jaw member and separating the second jaw member into a pair of second extensions;
a first stabilizing member having a first distal end portion secured to the first jaw member inside of the first longitudinal channel, and a first proximal end portion configured to engage a proximal portion of the surgical clip to reduce movement of the surgical clip; and
a second stabilizing member having a second distal end portion secured to the second jaw member inside of the second longitudinal channel, and a second proximal end portion configured to engage the proximal portion of the surgical clip to reduce movement of the surgical clip;
wherein the first and second stabilizing members are configured to compress and/or pivot proximally as the first and second jaw members move from the open configuration to the closed configuration to close the surgical clip;
wherein the first proximal end portion of the first stabilizing member is spaced apart from the second proximal end portion of the second stabilizing member when the first and second jaw members are in the open configuration; and
wherein the first proximal end portion of the first stabilizing member contacts the second proximal end portion of the second stabilizing member when the first and second jaw members are in the closed configuration.