Patent attributes
A reposable surgical clip applier includes a handle assembly, a shaft assembly engagable with the handle assembly, and a clip cartridge assembly including surgical clips engagable within the shaft assembly. The handle assembly includes a trigger, a drive bar coupled to the trigger and including a rack, a pawl configured to engage the rack upon movement of the drive bar, and a release mechanism operable to move the pawl to disengage the pawl from the rack. The shaft assembly includes an outer tube having a pair of jaws supported at a distal end portion thereof and a drive assembly slidably disposed therein. When the shaft assembly is engaged with the handle assembly and the clip cartridge assembly is engaged within the shaft assembly, actuation of the trigger loads a clip into the jaws and cams the jaws towards one another to form the clip about tissue.
