Invention Grant
- Patent Title: D-shaped surgical staples
- Patent Title (中): D形外科缝钉
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Application No.: US13090168Application Date: 2011-04-19
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Publication No.: US08365973B1Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Nathan H. White , Michael P. Schaller , Michael Murillo , Jared L. Van Cleave , Philipe R. Manoux , Bryan D. Knodel , Benjamin J. Matthias , John E. Rivera
- Applicant: Nathan H. White , Michael P. Schaller , Michael Murillo , Jared L. Van Cleave , Philipe R. Manoux , Bryan D. Knodel , Benjamin J. Matthias , John E. Rivera
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Cardica, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cardica, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Main IPC: A61B17/068
- IPC: A61B17/068

Abstract:
An exemplary surgical apparatus may include a surgical staple deformable from a first configuration to a second, deployed configuration, where the surgical staple includes a first leg and a second leg; where in the second, deployed configuration the surgical staple forms substantially a D-shape. Another exemplary surgical apparatus may include a feeder belt; a surgical staple deformable from a first configuration to a second, deployed configuration, where the surgical staple includes a first leg and a second leg connected to the first leg, where one end of the first leg is frangibly affixed to the feeder belt and one end of said the leg is free; where in the second, deployed configuration the surgical staple forms substantially a D-shape. An exemplary method of treating tissue may include providing a surgical staple; urging the surgical staple into tissue, while the surgical staple has a first shape; and deforming the surgical staple into substantially a D-shape.
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