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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
Nathan H. White, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael P. Schaller, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Murillo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jared L. Van Cleave, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Philipe R. Manoux, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bryan D. Knodel, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Benjamin J. Matthias, San Mateo, CA (US);
John E. Rivera, Woodside, CA (US);
Nathan H. White, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael P. Schaller, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Murillo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jared L. Van Cleave, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Philipe R. Manoux, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bryan D. Knodel, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Benjamin J. Matthias, San Mateo, CA (US);
John E. Rivera, Woodside, CA (US);
Cardica, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary surgical apparatus may include a surgical staple deformable from a first configuration to a second, deployed configuration, where the surgical staple includes a first leg and a second leg; where in the second, deployed configuration the surgical staple forms substantially a D-shape. Another exemplary surgical apparatus may include a feeder belt; a surgical staple deformable from a first configuration to a second, deployed configuration, where the surgical staple includes a first leg and a second leg connected to the first leg, where one end of the first leg is frangibly affixed to the feeder belt and one end of said the leg is free; where in the second, deployed configuration the surgical staple forms substantially a D-shape. An exemplary method of treating tissue may include providing a surgical staple; urging the surgical staple into tissue, while the surgical staple has a first shape; and deforming the surgical staple into substantially a D-shape.