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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2021
Ortho Solutions Holdings Limited, Littleton, CO (US);
Alister Maclure, Chelmsford, GB;
Kevin Stamp, Chapeltown Sheffield, GB;
Dustin Ducharme, Littleton, CO (US);
Nii Armah, Bishop's Stortford, GB;
ORTHO SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED, Littleton, CO (US);
Abstract
The invention is a staple comprising a bridge member having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface defining a thickness between and two lateral edges defining a width therebetween and either the thickness or the width includes a center flared area, such as a 'diamond-like' shape meaning that it has a v-shape on opposing lateral edges flanked by opposing fillets to form an inserter mount area and the staple has a pair of legs spaced apart along the axis and each joined at a rounded flared shoulder to the bridge member. In a four-legged version the bridge has a waist.