Claims
- 1. A ligating clip applying instrument for applying two legged ligating clips having engagement means on the lateral sides of said legs comprising: a pair of handles pivoted about a hinge point and extending beyond the hinge point to form a pair of clip closing jaws having opposing inner faces, each of said jaws having a recessed clip receiving channel in the inner face thereof extending from the tip of said jaw rearward toward said hinge point, said channel having a length at least equal to the length of the clip to be applied by the instrument; and each of said jaws comprising means for engaging said clip engagement means, said means for engagement comprising each wall on either said of said channel in each jaw comprising a concave cut out near the end of said jaw and an arcuate wall portion adjacent to an on the outside of said cut out.
- 2. The instrument of claim 1 wherein the back wall of each concave cut out protrudes away from the channel in the direction of said opposing jaw.
- 3. The instrument of claim 2 wherein the height of said adjoining arcuate wall portion is substantially equal to the height of said protruding back wall.
- 4. The instrument of claim 2 wherein the bottom of the channel in each of said jaws forms a protrusion directed toward said opposed jaw between the portions of said cut outs which protrude toward said opposite jaw.
- 5. A ligating clip applying instrument for applying two legged ligating clips having engagement means on the lateral sides of said legs comprising: a pair of handles pivoted about a hinge point and extending beyond the hinge point to form a pair of clip closing jaws having opposing inner faces, each of said jaws having a predetermined width and a clip receiving space in its inner face extending from the tip of said jaw rearward toward said hinge point, and each of said jaws provided with clip engagement means on its inner face, said clip engagement means comprising a pair of spaced walls, each wall having a concave cut out facing the opposing wall.
- 6. A ligating clip applying instrument comprising: a pair of handles pivoted about a hinge pivot and extending beyond the hinge point to form a pair of clip closing jaws having opposing inner faces, each of said jaws having a pair of spaced walls adjacent the distal end thereof, each of said walls being inwardly directed toward the opposite jaw and having a recess for receiving an engagement means affixed to the lateral side of a ligating clip.
- 7. A clip applying instrument according to claim 6 wherein said instrument is adapted for use with a clip having a projection adjacent and on each lateral side of the end of each clip leg and wherein said recesses of said walls are adapted to receive said projections.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional application of application Ser. No. 07/422,464 filed Oct. 17, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,062,846, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 329,453, filed Mar. 28, 1989, now abandoned, which was a divisional of application Ser. No. 206,143, filed Jun. 13, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,834,096, issued May 30, 1989, which was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 112,599, filed Oct. 26, 1987, now abandoned.
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