(under subclass 409.01) Apparatus having structure adapted to deform the end portions of a relatively thick clip (e.g., a staple, etc.) toward each other.
(1) Note. Included herein are patents to a device for applying a clip to the snout of a swine regardless of the clip structure.
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409.05, for a surgical clip applier intended to piercingly secure together adjacent edges of living tissue.
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53, Package Making,
138.2+, for clip or staple appliers intended to close a package.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, 175+, for surgical stapling apparatus having an anvil into which a staple is driven and thereby deformed.
606, Surgery,
117, for a device to apply an identification tag directly to an animal and subclasses 142+ for a clip applier for application of a clip to tissue wherein the clip being
