ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,716, issued on June 24, was assigned to MEGAFLEX SURGICAL Corp. (Islandia, N.Y.).
"Surgical clip applier" was invented by Pavel Menn (Salem, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical clip applier with a disposable surgical cartridge assembly and a non-disposable handle with a trigger for controlling the placement of surgical clips from the surgical cartridge assembly. The trigger moves an internal cinch to open surgical jaws to consecutively receive and hold surgical clips from a internal linear array of clips. Further movement of the trigger on handle moves the internal cinch to close the jaws and the surgical clip contained w...