A surgical clip applier is provided including a housing, at least one handlepivotablyconnected to the housing, an outer support channel extending distally from thehousing, a drivechannel sliadably disposed within the outer support channel, a jaw assemblyincluding a first andsecond pair of jaws extending from an end of the outer support channel in aparallelconfiguration, and an integrated cutting mechanism disposed within a gapdefined between thefirst and second pair of jaws. The jaw assembly is capable of effectuatingformation of a pair ofclips disposed within a respective first and second pair of jaws in responseto movement of the atleast one handle and the cutting mechanism is independently operable of the atleast one handle.At least one jaw member of each of the pair or jaws includes a curved distalend. A method ofoperating same is also provided.
