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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2021
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
John Kevin Bruce, Morrow, OH (US);
John Scott Kimsey, Walton, KY (US);
Yvan D. Nguetio Tchoumkeu, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Morgan R. Hunter, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cory Kimball, Hamilton, OH (US);
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
Christopher Q. Seow, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Pierre Mesnil, Newport, KY (US);
Laura S. Downing, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffery Bruns, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ryan W. McGhee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US);
John E. Feds, Milford, OH (US);
Michael J. Stokes, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A surgical stapling instrument includes an anvil defining a plurality of staple forming pockets and a stapling head assembly configured to drive a plurality of staples against the staple forming pockets of the anvil. The stapling head assembly comprises a coupling member configured to actuate the anvil relative to the stapling head assembly, a firing assembly configured to drive the plurality of staples against the staple forming pockets of the anvil, and a deck member. The deck member includes a deck surface extending radially between an inner circular edge and an outer circular edge, and a plurality of staple openings extending through the deck surface. The plurality of staple openings define at least one cross shape.