ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,094, issued on June 3, was assigned to TELEFLEX MEDICAL Inc. (Morrisville, N.C.).
"Clip applier" was invented by Salvatore Castro (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip applier may be configured to apply a surgical clip. The clip applier may include a first jaw member and a second jaw member, where the first jaw member is configured to pivot between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The clip applier may also include a first leaf spring configured to bias the first jaw member into the open configuration, and a tubular member configured to advance over the first jaw member to cam the first jaw member into a...