Dan Morgan,Matthew Palmer,Matthew Fonte,Robert Devaney,Kaitlyn Nealon,Alexander DelMonaco
申请号：
US15650210
公开号：
US20170311948A1
申请日:
2017.07.14
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
Apparatus for generating, applying and maintaining compression to a site in a human or animal body, the apparatus comprising: a staple comprising: a bridge configured to be elastically bendable； a first leg connected to the bridge by a first hinge region configured to be elastically bendable； and a second leg connected to the bridge by a second hinge region configured to be elastically bendable； wherein the first hinge region comprises a first hole configured to mate with a first element of a delivery device and the second hinge region comprises a second hole configured to mate with a second element of a delivery device； and wherein the first and second legs are angled toward one another when they are in an unstrained state； whereby, when the staple is mounted to a delivery device so that the first hole of the first hinge region mates with a first element of a delivery device and the second hole of the second hinge region mates with a second element of a delivery device, and when the delivery device applies a force to the bridge of the staple so as to reconfigure the bridge of the staple, the first and second legs are pivoted away from one another toward a parallel disposition.
