Surgical staple cartridge with improved staple driver configurations

A surgical staple cartridge, comprising:

• a cartridge body comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
• a distal staple driver movably supported in said cartridge body and configured to support a distal most surgical staple thereon in a distal direction;
• a plurality of intermediate staple drivers movably supported in said cartridge body in series, wherein a distal most one of said intermediate staple drivers is adjacent to said distal staple driver, each said intermediate staple driver supporting a first surgical staple in a first direction, a second surgical staple in a second direction and a third surgical staple in a third direction;
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• a proximal staple driver slidably supported adjacent a proximal most one of said intermediate staple drivers, said proximal staple driver configured to operably support a proximal surgical staple oriented in a proximal direction.

A surgical instrument, comprising:

• an axially movable sled comprising first and second camming members;
• a surgical staple cartridge;
• a distal staple driver movably supported in said surgical staple cartridge, said distal staple driver configured to operably support a corresponding distal surgical staple thereon and comprising a first distal camming surface aligned for camming contact with said first camming member and a second distal camming surface aligned for camming contact with said second camming member;
• a plurality of intermediate staple drivers movably supported in said surgical staple cartridge in series, wherein a distal most one of said intermediate staple drivers is adjacent to said distal staple driver, each said intermediate staple driver supporting a corresponding first surgical staple, a corresponding second surgical staple and a corresponding third surgical staple thereon, each said at least one intermediate staple driver comprising a first camming surface aligned for camming contact with said first camming member and a second camming surface aligned for camming contact with the second camming member;
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• a proximal staple driver slidably supported adjacent a proximal most one of said intermediate staple drivers, said proximal staple driver configured to operably support a corresponding proximal surgical staple thereon and comprising a first proximal camming surface aligned for camming contact with said first camming member and a second proximal camming surface aligned for camming contact with said second camming member.