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OwnerJames Coleman, Christy Cummins +3inventors
InventorsJames Coleman, Christy Cummins, Chris Martin, Thomas Anthony, Sean Morris
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A surgical staple is provided having a base portion and a respective leg extending from each end of the base portion and terminating at a free end. The base portion is deformable to bring the free ends of the legs together to penetrate a liquid-carrying vessel at the site of a puncture and hold the opposite edges of the puncture together. The base portion and legs lie in substantially a common plane except for a center portion (40C) of the base portion which is deformed in a loop in a direction perpendicular to the common plane. The center portion of the staple allows the staple to straddle a blood locator tube projecting from the end of a stapler, so that the staple can be closed at the center of a puncture wound in which the tube is located. A method for stapling is also provided.
A surgical staple comprising a base portion and a respective leg extending at an angle from each end of the base portion and terminating at a free end, the base portion and the legs lying in substantially a common plane except for a center portion of the base portion which is deformed in a loop at an angle to the common plane, the base portion being deformable at a weakened portion between each leg and the center portion to bring the free ends of the legs together to penetrate a liquid-carrying vessel at the site of a puncture and hold the opposite edges of the puncture together.
A surgical staple comprising a base portion and a respective leg extending from each end of the base portion and terminating at a free end, the base portion and the legs lying in substantially a common plane except for a center portion of the base portion which is deformed in a single loop at an angle to the common plane, the base portion having a configuration extending between the center portion and each leg selected from the group consisting of substantially straight, slightly curved, and slightly bent, and the base portion being deformable at a point between each leg and the center portion to bring the free ends of the legs together to penetrate a liquid-carrying vessel at the site of a puncture and hold the opposite edges of the puncture together.
A method of stapling closed a puncture site in a liquid-carrying vessel in a human or animal body, comprising the steps of:
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