Multiple clip deployment magazine
CA 2594539 C · Owner: Boston Scientific Limited · Inventors: Griego, John A.
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An apparatus for deploying hemostatic clips (702) comprises a shaft connected to a handle and a control linkage (726) in combination with a magazine (800) containing a plurality of clips arranged in a chain (700) wherein a proximal-, most one of the clips is coupled to the control linkage and a distal portion of the magazine is contoured to permit opening of a distal-most one of the clips during a distal stroke of the control linkage and to assist closing and locking of the distal-most clip during a proximal stroke of the control linkage . The magazine includes an expanded chamber (810) sized to allow opening in any rotational orientation of a clip immediately proximal to the …
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- Filed January 9, 2006 and granted June 4, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 9, 2026.
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