US Patent Issued to TELEFLEX MEDICAL on Oct. 7 for "Flexible stabilizing member for a clip applier" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,603, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TELEFLEX MEDICAL Inc. (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Flexible stabilizing member for a clip applier" was invented by Carson J. Shellenberger (Cary, N.C.) and Warren Taylor (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip applier is provided for applying a surgical clip to tissue. The clip applier may include a first jaw member that engages a first distal portion of the surgical clip, and a second jaw member that engages a second distal portion of the surgical clip. The first and second jaw members move relative to each other between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A first longitudinal c...