Abstract: A controlled environment enclosure features a heating and cooling system and a control system linked to the heating and cooling system for control of same. The control system being operable to switch between an environmental control mode for achieving user-prescribed environmental conditions within the interior space and a sterilization/pasteurization mode for heating contents of the internal space to values within a range sufficiently elevated above the prescribed environmental conditions to sterilize/pasteurize said contents of the internal space. The built-in sterilization/pasteurization function reduces or eliminates the need for personnel to physically wash down the interior space of the enclosure with cleaning chemicals.

Abstract: A controlled environment enclosure features a heating and cooling system and a control system linked to the heating and cooling system for control of same. The control system being operable to switch between an environmental control mode for achieving user-prescribed environmental conditions within the interior space and a sterilization/pasteurization mode for heating contents of the internal space to values within a range sufficiently elevated above the prescribed environmental conditions to sterilize/pasteurize said contents of the internal space. The built-in sterilization/pasteurization function reduces or eliminates the need for personnel to physically wash down the interior space of the enclosure with cleaning chemicals.

Abstract: An indicating system for a clip applying device. The system has an indicator operatively connected to a trigger, wherein the indicator provides a signal when the trigger is moved to a position to operate jaws of the device to partially crimp the clip.

Abstract: A fixed tip electrode includes a hollow shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, an electrode tip assembly removably affixed to the distal end of the shaft, and a cap assembly removably affixed to the proximal end of the shaft. The hollow shaft, the electrode tip assembly and the cap assembly are all in electrically conductive communication with each other.

Abstract: A medical clip applying device for crimping a clip. The device has a body assembly having a handle and a squeezable trigger, a barrel having a first end extending into the body assembly, a pair of jaws arranged on a second end of the barrel, the jaws actuable by squeezing action of the trigger, the second end of the barrel and the pair of jaws configured to be inserted into a body cavity, and a loading port in communication with the barrel. The barrel is configured to alternatively accept the insertion, through the loading port, of (a) a first cartridge type containing a plurality of clips of a first size or (b) a second cartridge type containing a plurality of clips of a second size, the first size being different from the second size.

Abstract: A mechanism for opening and closing jaws of a medical instrument. The mechanism includes a cinch configured to selectively move in opposite directions along a longitudinal axis, the cinch comprising a pair of control members each having an inner control surface and an outer control surface, and a jaw assembly having a pair of jaw arms, each jaw arm comprising an inner engagement surface configured to slidingly engage with a respective the outer control surface, and an outer engagement surface configured to slidingly engage with a respective inner control surface.

Abstract: A laparoscopic tube end for interfacing a tube with a tip may include an attachment portion to attach to the tip, and a tapered flare portion to frictionally abut the tip when the tip is attached to the tube end.

Abstract: A surgical clip includes a connecting member having a two ends and a pair of legs. Each leg extends from one end of the connecting member. A generally diamond-shaped pattern is formed on a portion of the inner surface of at least one of the connecting member and the pair of legs. The generally diamond-shaped pattern is formed as the result of generally perpendicular diagonal grooves.