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Surgical stapling apparatus and method

  • US 7,032,799 B2
  • Filed: 10/04/2002
  • Issued: 04/25/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A staple gap adjustment member for use in a surgical stapling apparatus having a pair of jaw structures operably coupled with one another and defining a staple gap therebetween, the gap adjustment member comprising:

  • one or more bearing portions sharing a common rotational axis; and

    one or more cam surface portions having a substantially arcuate transverse cross-sectional profile and a periphery with at least two different points along the periphery, with each point along the periphery having a different radius from the rotational axis.

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