Jason L. Harris,Mark S. Zeiner,Janna B. Volz,Nichole Y. Kwee,Frederick E. Shelton, IV
申请号：
US15385953
公开号：
US20180168637A1
申请日:
2016.12.21
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
A method of stapling tissue is disclosed. The method can include obtaining a staple cartridge including a plurality of staples, wherein each staple has a base and a leg extending from the base. The stapling method can also include firing the staples from the staple cartridge, wherein the staples are fired into tissue in a staple line. The staple line can include a first portion having a first flexibility and a second portion having a second flexibility, wherein the second flexibility is different than the first flexibility. A method of stapling tissue can also include adapting an anvil with an anvil plate having an arrangement of staple-forming pockets that differs from the staple-forming pockets in the anvil.
