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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2020
Standard Bariatrics, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jonathan R. Thompson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard P. Nuchols, Williamsburg, OH (US);
Abstract
An end effector includes an anvil and a cartridge. The anvil can include a plurality of staple pockets positioned on an anvil face. The cartridge can be configured to retain a plurality of staples. Each of the plurality of staples includes a first staple leg, a second staple leg, and a crown connecting the first staple leg and the second staple leg, and each has an open staple configuration where the first staple leg and the second staple leg are generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the crown and a closed staple configuration where a first tip of the first staple leg is bent in a first direction away from the longitudinal axis of the crown, and a second tip of the second staple leg is bent in a second direction away from the longitudinal axis of the crown, the first direction being different than the second direction.