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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, Ii, Maineville, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, New Vienna, OH (US);
Leslie M. Fugikawa, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eugene L. Timperman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rudolph H. Nobis, Mason, OH (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, New Vienna, OH (US);
Leslie M. Fugikawa, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eugene L. Timperman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rudolph H. Nobis, Mason, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A surgical stapling system comprising a first staple, a second staple, and a bridge connecting the first staple and the second staple. In at least one embodiment, the first staple and the second staple are part of a strip of staples. For example, the first and second staples can be included in a strip of staples that includes several staples that are attached end-to-end and/or attached side-by side. In use, the strip, or strips, of staples are inserted into a stapler which can be used to insert the staples into soft tissue, for example, and deform at least a portion of the staples to hold the tissue, or several layers of tissue, together.