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D-shaped surgical staples

  • US 8,365,973 B1
  • Filed: 04/19/2011
  • Issued: 02/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical apparatus, comprising:

  • a surgical staple deformable from a first configuration to a second, deployed configuration, said surgical staple including a first leg and a second leg, wherein, in said second, deployed configuration, said surgical staple forms substantially a D-shape; and

    a feeder belt to which surgical staple is frangibly affixed, wherein one end of said first leg is affixed to said feeder belt, and one end of said second leg is free, and wherein said ends are closer to one another in said second, deployed configuration than in said first configuration.

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