Bernard A. Hausen,Bryan D. Knodel,Patrick Flanagan,Bennie Thompson
申请号：
US12603521
公开号：
US08631992B1
申请日:
2009.10.21
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
An exemplary surgical apparatus may include a feeder belt at least one staple including a crown fixed to and frangibly separable from the feeder belt, the crown having a first width, and a free end extending from the crown and at least one pad wider than the first width, wherein each pad is associated with a corresponding crown. An exemplary surgical method using that exemplary apparatus may include placing the feeder belt in proximity to tissue penetrating the free end of at least one staple into tissue, such that tissue is positioned between the free end and the crown compressing the free end of at least one staple toward the crown, such that a compressive force is exerted toward the crown distributing the compressive force across the pad of at least one staple and shearing at least one staple from the feeder belt. Another exemplary surgical apparatus may include at least one feeder belt having two lateral edges staples, where each staple includes a first end frangibly connected to a corresponding feeder belt and a second free end and where the staples form at least one row, each row including at least two staples and at least one pad, where each pad is located along a corresponding free end of a corresponding staple.
