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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Swayze, West Chester, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A method for forming a staple against an anvil of a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The staple comprises a base defining a drive plane, a first leg, and a second leg. The first leg and the second leg are in a forming plane. The method comprises deploying the first leg from a staple cavity defined in a staple cartridge positioned in the surgical stapling instrument into a first forming pocket of the anvil, supporting the first leg by a first cavity extension, forming the first leg in the first forming pocket along a first path which is outside of the drive plane, deploying the second leg from the staple cavity into a second forming pocket of the anvil, supporting the second leg by a second cavity extension, and forming the second leg in the second forming pocket along a second path which is outside of the drive plane.