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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2024
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Nicholas Fanelli, Morrow, OH (US);
Kevin M. Fiebig, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffery D. Bruns, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John K. Bruce, Morrow, OH (US);
Pierre R. Mesnil, Newport, KY (US);
Shannon L. Jones, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John W. Stodghill, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory G. Scott, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Devanathan Raghavan, Mason, OH (US);
John P. May, Mason, OH (US);
Nicholas A. Wilson, Montgomery, OH (US);
Cory G. Kimball, Hamilton, OH (US);
Kristin L. Jambor, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Scott A. Jenkins, Mason, OH (US);
CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A method of operating a surgical instrument includes clamping tissue with a surgical instrument end effector and actuating the end effector to drive staples into the clamped tissue, including a first longitudinal row having at least one first formed staple with a first formed shape in which the first legs are aligned laterally with each other and with the first crown; a second longitudinal row having at least one second formed staple with a second formed shape in which each second leg is skewed laterally away from the second crown at a first angle; and a third longitudinal row of third formed staples having at least one third formed staple with a third formed shape in which each third leg is skewed laterally away from the third crown at a second angle.