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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Douglas J. Siebenaler, Maineville, OH (US);
Thomas W. Huitema, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, Ii, Maineville, OH (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Douglas J. Siebenaler, Maineville, OH (US);
Thomas W. Huitema, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Surgical staples including features which can cooperate with staple cavities in a staple cartridge in order to reduce, or even prevent, the surgical staples from rocking, rotating or tilting, within the staple cavities while the staples are deployed by a staple driver, especially when the staples are oriented at different directions. In various embodiments, the surgical staples can include crowns having arcuate and/or cylindrical features which can cooperate with arcuate and/or cylindrical features of the staple cavities in order to reduce unwanted relative movement, or rotation, between the staples and the staple cavities.