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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2006
Federico Bilotti, LT, IT;
George M. Pomeroy, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Todd P. Omaits, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Laszlo Csiky, Huszar, HU;
Mark A. Neurohr, Newport, KY (US);
Alessandro Pastorelli, Rome, IT;
Federico Bilotti, LT, IT;
George M. Pomeroy, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Todd P. Omaits, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Laszlo Csiky, Huszar, HU;
Mark A. Neurohr, Newport, KY (US);
Alessandro Pastorelli, Rome, IT;
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A surgical stapler includes a head in which a plurality of staples are stored. The head includes a facing surface. The stapler also includes an anvil having an anvil surface shaped and dimensioned for forming the staples upon actuation of the surgical stapler, the anvil including a facing surface opposed to the facing surface of the head for mating engagement therewith. The facing surface of the head is obliquely oriented relative to a longitudinal axis of the head creating an elliptical staple line when the head is brought into contact with anvil during actuation of the surgical stapler.