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Surgical method for stapling tissue

  • US 8,789,738 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2011
  • Issued: 07/29/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical method of treating tissue, comprising:

  • possessing a surgical tool comprising at least one movable feeder belt;

    said feeder belt including a plurality of staples frangibly connected thereto, wherein at least one said staple is oriented relative to said feeder belt in a direction angled relative to a transverse direction;

    placing said surgical tool adjacent to tissue;

    deforming at least one said staple into tissue;

    deploying at least one said deformed staple from said feeder belt, wherein said deploying includes frangibly separating the at least one said deformed staple from said feeder belt;

    advancing said feeder belt; and

    repeating said placing, deforming and deploying, wherein said repeating said deploying is performed with a plurality of said staples that were present inside the surgical tool during said first deploying.

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