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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2018
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Blue Ash, 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, West Chester, OH (US);
James J. Bedi, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A method for deforming a staple comprising a base, a first staple leg, and a second staple leg, wherein the base, the first staple leg, and the second staple leg are positioned within a common plane prior to being deformed, the method comprising positioning the first staple leg within a first cup of a staple pocket, the first cup comprising a first inner surface, applying a first compressive force to the first staple leg to bend the first staple leg toward the base and the second staple leg, contacting the first inner surface with the end of the first staple leg to bend the end of the first staple leg toward a first side of the base, and deforming the first staple leg such that the end of the first staple leg crosses a mid-line of the staple defined between the first staple leg and the second staple leg.