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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
May. 06, 2022
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Stanislaw Kostrzewski, Newton, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical staple includes a body includes a first leg, a second leg, and a backspan. The backspan has a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a crimped region. The first portion of the backspan includes a looped member. The second portion of the backspan extends between a first end portion of the first leg and a first end portion of the looped member. The third portion of the backspan extends between a first end portion of the second leg and a second end portion of the looped member. The crimped region includes a crimped section in at least one of the second portion or the third portion of the backspan. A combined wire thickness of the second and third portions of the backspan in the crimped region is about equal to the diameter of the body of the surgical staple.