Staple cartridge including collapsible deck
AssigneeEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
InventorsKatherine J. Schmid, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Joseph E. Young
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Abstract
A staple cartridge for use with a surgical stapler can comprise a cartridge deck and a plurality of staples at least partially positioned within the cartridge deck. In use, the staples can be supported by a first jaw of the surgical stapler and deformed by a second jaw. As the staples are being deformed, the cartridge deck can be pushed, or slid, downwardly relative to the staples.
Claims19
An end effector for a surgical stapling instrument including an anvil, said end effector comprising:
- a staple cartridge, comprising:
- a deck comprising a deck surface and a plurality of apertures extending through said deck;
- a plurality of staples, wherein each said staple comprises a base and at least two legs extending from said base, and wherein said legs at least partially extend into said apertures;
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- a compressible tissue thickness compensator positioned above said deck surface, wherein said tissue thickness compensator comprises a tissue contacting surface;
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- a staple cartridge support surface configured to support said bases of said staples, wherein said deck is configured to slide relative to said staple cartridge support surface as said legs are deformed by the anvil.
A staple cartridge for use with a surgical stapler including an anvil, said staple cartridge comprising:
- a deck comprising a deck surface and a plurality of apertures extending through said deck;
- a plurality of staples, wherein each said staple comprises a base and at least two legs extending from said base, wherein said legs at least partially extend into said apertures, and wherein said deck is slidable toward said bases between an unfired position and a fired position when said staple legs are deformed by the anvil of the surgical stapler;
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- a compressible tissue thickness compensator positioned above said deck surface, wherein said tissue thickness compensator comprises a tissue contacting surface.
A staple cartridge for use with a surgical stapler including an anvil, said staple cartridge comprising:
- a deck comprising a deck surface and a plurality of apertures extending through said deck;
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- a plurality of staples, wherein each said staple comprises a base and at least two legs extending from said base, wherein said legs at least partially extend into said apertures, and wherein said deck is collapsible toward said bases between an unfired position and a fired position when said staple legs are deformed by the anvil of the surgical stapler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.