Frederick E. Shelton, IV,Jerome R. Morgan,Jason L. Harris,Gregory J. Bakos
申请号:
US15634054
公开号:
US20180368842A1
申请日:
2017.06.27
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
A surgical stapling anvil is disclosed comprising an anvil body comprising a longitudinal slot configured to receive a firing member therethrough and a tissue-facing surface comprising a plurality of staple-forming pockets defined therein. The anvil further comprises an anvil cap and a plurality of welds welding the anvil cap and the anvil body together. The welds comprise a shallow-welded zone comprising a first weld depth and a deep-welded zone comprising a second weld depth which is different than the first weld depth, wherein the shallow-welded zone and the deep-welded zone are configured to increase overall weld depth of the plurality of welds.