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US 4,275,813 AGranted
Coherent surgical staple array
AssigneeUnited States Surgical Corporation
InventorDouglas G. Noiles
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Abstract
A coherent surgical-staple stack comprising a plurality of staples, bonded together in a parallel contiguous relationship by a biodegradable, absorbable plastic.
Claims23
A coherent surgical-staple stack comprising:
- a plurality of individual, deformable surgical staples, each of said staples including a pair of legs joined together at one end by a crown, said staples arranged one next to the other in a contiguous parallel array with any two adjacent staples having their legs and crowns touching;
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- a film made from a biologically compatible non-toxic material, said film being disposed between adjacent staples in said array for bonding said adjacent staples one to the other.
A coherent surgical-staple stack comprising:
- a plurality of individual deformable surgical staples, each of said staples including a pair of legs joined together at one end by a crown, said staples arranged one next to the other in a contiguous parallel array with any two adjacent staples having their similar legs and crowns touching, and a biodegradable, absorbable plastic disposed about adjacent staples for securing said adjacent staples one to the other.
For use in a surgical stapling instrument that deforms individual surgical staples in the act of stapling disunited tissue, a coherent stack of staples comprising:
- a plurality of individual deformable surgical staples arranged in a parallel contiguous relationship, and a biologically compatible material securing said staples one to the other.
A coherent surgical-staple stack comprising:
- a plurality of individual deformable metal surgical staples, each of said staples including a pair of legs spaced from each other and joined together at one end by a crown, said staples arranged one next to the other in a contiguous parallel array with any two adjacent staples having their similar legs and crowns touching;
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- a film made from a biologically compatible non-toxic material, said film being disposed about adjacent staples in said array for bonding said adjacent staples one to the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.