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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2008
Toshiharu Kamei, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kazuaki Kato, Utsunomiya, JP;
Toshiharu Kamei, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kazuaki Kato, Utsunomiya, JP;
MANI, INC., Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a medical staple realizing smooth feeding when loaded in a magazine and a magazine which can realize stable feeding by using the medical staple. Where the medical staple includes a body portion; and a pair of legs formed at both ends of the body portion, wherein the legs are tilted at an angle in which the legs become closer to each other and either one leg is twisted with respect to a plane including the body portion and the other leg in the out-of-plane direction. The magazine includes a body guiding portion which has a size substantially equal to or slightly smaller than the length of the body portions of the staples and carries and guides the body portions thereon; wherein the plurality of staples are loaded in a state where the legs are tilted to the downstream side in the discharge direction and the body portions to the upstream side in the discharge direction.