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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);
Lucia M. Casella, Akron, OH (US);
Mark S. Zeiner, Mason, OH (US);
Bret W. Smith, Kings Mills, OH (US);
Lawrence Crainich, Charlestown, NH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Sarah A. Worthington, Angola, IN (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A fastener cartridge for creating a flexible fastener line is disclosed. The fastener cartridge includes a plurality of fasteners removably stored therein wherein at least some of the fasteners are oriented in directions which are transverse or oblique to an incision created by a cutting member passing through the fastener cartridge. Once these fasteners are deployed into tissue, the fasteners can translate and/or rotate within the tissue when the tissue is stretched.