The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2007
Alessandro Pastorelli, Rome, IT;
Michael A. Murray, Bellevue, KY (US);
William Bruce Weisenburgh, Ii, Maineville, OH (US);
Federico Bilotti, Latina, IT;
Laszlo Csiky, Urom, HU;
Todd Phillip Omaits, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Alessandro Pastorelli, Rome, IT;
Michael A. Murray, Bellevue, KY (US);
William Bruce Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Federico Bilotti, Latina, IT;
Laszlo Csiky, Urom, HU;
Todd Phillip Omaits, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A surgical stapling instrument () comprises a staple fastening assembly () in the distal region of said instrument, the staple fastening assembly () including a cartridge device () which comprises at least one closed row () of staples and defines a wavy distal end surface (), and an anvil () which defines a wavy proximal staple forming surface () substantially matching the distal end surface () and which is adapted to cooperate with the cartridge device () for forming the ends of the staples exiting from the cartridge device (), wherein the distal end surface () and the staple forming surface () have a globally wavy shape including two opposite peaks () and two opposite valleys () angularly spaced at about 90° from the adjacent peaks () and in that said two-peaks-two-valleys wavy shape is formed by a stepped configuration of said surfaces ().