Cartridge assembly for hemostatic clips

A hemostatic clip cartridge (10) for automatically moving a plurality of pre-formed clips to a delivery station of the cartridge while reducing jamming of the clips (10) in the cartridge is disclosed. Jamming is reduced both by using a constant force spring (50) and employing flat surfaces (79) on a...

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1. Verfasser: MERICLE, ROBERT W
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Zusammenfassung:A hemostatic clip cartridge (10) for automatically moving a plurality of pre-formed clips to a delivery station of the cartridge while reducing jamming of the clips (10) in the cartridge is disclosed. Jamming is reduced both by using a constant force spring (50) and employing flat surfaces (79) on a portion of opposite sides of the clip located in the plane of the clip. Heart shaped clips having such flat surfaces are also disclosed.