Stapler cartridge with staples frangibly affixed thereto
AssigneeCardica, Inc.
InventorBryan D. Knodel
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Abstract
A surgical apparatus may include a cartridge, and surgical staples affixed to and frangibly separable from that cartridge. A method for surgical stapling utilizing that apparatus may include providing at least one wedge; and moving at least one wedge into the cartridge, where that moving deforms and then shears from the cartridge at least one staple. A method of manufacturing an apparatus for use with a surgical stapler may include fabricating a cartridge configured to be received by the surgical stapler; fabricating staples; and fixing the staples to the cartridge.
Claims11
A method for surgical stapling, the method comprising:
- providing a cartridge and a plurality of surgical staples affixed to and frangibly separable from said cartridge, the plurality of surgical staples arranged in a row along a rail of the cartridge, wherein a stem of a staple of the plurality of surgical staples is fixed to the rail by a pin received through an aperture of the stem, the pin extending across a gap to one of the rail or an upper surface of the cartridge;
- providing at least one wedge;
- and
- moving said at least one wedge into said cartridge, the moving being collinear with the row, wherein said moving deforms and then shears from said cartridge at least one of said plurality of surgical staples.
A method for surgical stapling, comprising:
- providing a cartridge having a plurality of surgical staples affixed to and frangibly separable from a surface of a longitudinal rail of the cartridge, the plurality of surgical staples arranged in a row along the surface, wherein a stem of a staple of the plurality of surgical staples is fixed to the rail by a pin received through an aperture of the stem, the pin extending across a gap to one of the rail or an upper surface of the cartridge;
- and
- moving a wedge into the cartridge, the moving being collinear with the row, wherein said moving deforms and then shears from said cartridge at least one of said plurality of surgical staples.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.