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AN APPLICATOR FOR SURGICAL CLIPS HAVING AN ELONGATE BODY PORTION WITH TURNED IN ENDS COMPRISING A PAIR OF ELONGATE ARMS PIVOTED ON ONE ANOTHER INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS, ONE END PORTION OF SAID ARMS BEING FORMED WITH A HANDLE PORTION AND THE OTHER END PORTION COMPRISING CLAMPING END PORTIONS WHEREBY THE CLAMPING END PORTIONS ARE DISPLACED BETWEEN OPEN AND CLAMPING POSITIONS RESPONSVIE TO ACTUATION OF SAID HANDLE END PORTIONS IN THE DIRECTION TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, SAID CLAMPING END PORTIONS BEING FORMED WITH RECESSES IN THE FACING EDGES CONFORMING SUBSTANTINALLY TO THE CONTOUR OF THE TURNED IN END PORTIONS OF THE CLIPS AND LIPS EXTENDING INWARDLY SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY FORM THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID RECRESSED PORTIONS IN THE DIRECTION TOWARDS EACH OTHER, MEANS FOR LIMITING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE ARMS TO A PREDETERMINED OPEN POSITION IN WHICH THE SPACED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RECESSES IN THE CLAMPING END PORTIONS OF THE ARMS CORRESPOND SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE LENGTH OF THE CLIPS RELEASABLY TO SUPPORT THE CLIPS INSERTED THEREBETWEEN, MEANS CONSTANTLY URGING THE ARMS TOWARDS OPEN POSITION, AND WHEREBY PRESSURE ON SAID HANDLE MEANS IN OPPOSITION TO SAID URGING MEANS OPERATES TO DEFORM CLIPS HELD BETWEEN SAID CLAMP END PORTIONS.