Nathan H. White,Michael P. Schaller,Michael Murillo,Jared L. Van Cleave,Philipe R. Manoux,Bryan D. Knodel,Benjamin J. Matthias,John E. Rivera
申请号:
US14339054
公开号:
US10130362B2
申请日:
2014.07.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
A surgical apparatus comprises a surgical staple for treating tissues of a patient in a surgical procedure. The surgical staple is deformable from a first configuration (e.g., an undeployed configuration) to a second configuration (e.g., a deployed configuration) in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The surgical staple includes a first leg and a second leg, wherein said surgical staple substantially resembles a V-shape or a suture needle in the first configuration and substantially forms a D-shape in the second configuration in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.