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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2013
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
James W. Voegele, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark S. Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
Michael J. Stokes, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Carl J. Shurtleff, Mason, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Swayze, Hamilton, OH (US);
James J. Bedi, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a surgical staple comprising a base, a first staple leg, and a second staple leg is disclosed. The method comprises positioning the first staple leg within a first cup of a staple pocket and positioning the second staple leg within a second cup of the staple pocket, contacting the first staple leg to bend the first staple leg toward a first side of the base wherein the first staple leg is maintained in an unformed and unheated configuration until a first compressive force is applied to the first staple leg, and contacting the second staple leg to bend the second staple leg toward a second side of the base wherein the second staple leg is maintained in an unformed and unheated configuration until a second compressive force is applied to the second staple leg.