Abstract: An applicator for the manual application of spreadable surgical clips which comprises a clip magazine which releasably retains a plurality of spreadable clips and forms a guideway for the clips, e.g., it may optionally include a pair of spaced-apart, parallel rail members extending throgh the magazine to slidably carry the clips. A spreader at the discharge end of the clip magazine, e.g., a pair of optionally bifurcated, wedge-shaped ramps, serves to receive and spread apart the clips for ejection of the spread-apart clips from the applicator.Spreadable surgical clips are also provided. The clips may have a front-to-rear taper to clear the discharge end of the applicator. The clips may have front connecting means and rear connecting means to disengageably connect the clips in a train of clips within the applicator. Generally, the clips may comprise a tubular body having a front-to-rear taper and a longitudinally extending clamping slit along the length of the body, to define opposing leg portions.

Abstract: A manual applicator for the application of spreadable surgical clips comprises a clip magazine which releasably retains therein a plurality of spreadable clips, and a spreader mounted at the discharge end of the clip magazine by a support, e.g., a rail. The spreader has an inlet section disposed adjacent to the discharge end of the magazine, and at its opposite end a discharge tip which is wider in the clip-spreading direction than its inlet section. The spreadable clips, which are resilient so that they can be spread-apart and will close upon release of the spreading force, include an opening in the rear or bight portion enabling the clip to pass over the spreader. The clips may also have a radial slot, enabling them to pass over the rail member, when the latter is not a cantilevered rail member on which the clips are threaded.