Scott Nelson Cunningham;David C. Racenet;Hanspeter R. Bayer
发明人:
David C. Racenet,Hanspeter R. Bayer,Scott Nelson Cunningham
申请号：
US13368407
公开号：
US08684249B2
申请日:
2012.02.08
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
An anvil assembly for use with a surgical stapler having a tissue contact surface and a plurality of staple pockets formed in the tissue contact surface. Each of the plurality of staple pockets including first and second staple forming cups, each of the first and second staple forming cups having an outside portion and an inside portion, the inside portion of the first and second staple forming cups being positioned in close relation to each other and the outside portion of the first and second staple forming cups being positioned in spaced relation to each other. Each of the first and second staple forming cups being defined by sidewalls and an elongated base surface, wherein upper portions of the sidewalls intersect the tissue contact surface at a line of intersection, and wherein the line of intersection is curved along a majority of its length between the outside portion and the inside portion of each of the staple forming cups.
