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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Cardica, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Nathan H. White, Longmont, CO (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
One exemplary surgical apparatus may include at least one carrier, staples fixed to a corresponding carrier, and a feeder belt to which at least one carrier is frangibly connected. Another exemplary surgical apparatus may include a feeder belt, a first plurality of staples fixed directly to and frangibly separable from the feeder belt; a plurality of extension arms extending at least partially in the lateral direction away from the feeder belt; and a second plurality of staples each fixed to an extension arm at a location spaced laterally apart from the feeder belt.