Surgical staple and stapler device therefor
OwnerLawrence Crainichinventor
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Abstract
A surgical staple has a base having first and second base segments defining in an un-deformed state a substantially V-shaped configuration having an apex, each base segment having a first end and a second end. The first end of the first base segment is joined to the first end of the second base segment at the apex of the V-shaped configuration so as to define a first angle between the first base segment and the second base segment of less than about 180.degree. and first and second legs each having a first end and a second end, the first and second legs being connected substantially perpendicularly at the first ends to the second ends of the first and second base segments respectively. A surgical stapler for applying surgical staples according to the invention is also disclosed.
Claims12
A surgical staple, comprising:
- a base having first and second base segments defining in an un-deformed state a substantially V-shaped configuration having an apex, each base segment having a first end and a second end wherein the first end of the first base segment is joined to the first end of the second base segment at the apex of the V-shaped configuration as so to define a first interior angle between the first base segment and the second base segment of less than about 180.degree.;
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- first and second substantially straight legs each having a first end and a second end terminating, wherein each second end terminates in a point, the first and second legs being connected at the first ends to the second ends of the first and second base segments respectively;
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- wherein the points of the first and second legs extend generally toward each other from the second ends of first and second base segments on converging paths.
A surgical staple, comprising:
- a base having first and second base segments defining in an un-deformed state a substantially V-shaped configuration having an apex, each base segment having a first end and a second end wherein the first end of the first base segment is Joined to the first end of the second base segment at the apex of the V-shaped configuration as so to define a first interior angle between the first base segment and the second base segment of less than about 180.degree.;
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- first and second legs each having a first end and a second end, the first and second legs being connected substantially perpendicular at the first ends to the second ends of the first and second base segments respectively, wherein the staple in a final deformed state has a substantially rectangular configuration bent at at least one point in each base segment and bent at the apex to a second interior angle larger than the first interior angle, and wherein the first and second interior angles are defined with respect to edges of the base segments that are directed inwardly of the substantially rectangular configuration when the staple is in the final deformed state.
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