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Surgical stapler with staples of different sizes

  • US 9,168,039 B1
  • Filed: 04/03/2012
  • Issued: 10/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical apparatus, comprising:

  • a staple holder;

    at least one feeder belt fixed to said staple holder;

    a plurality of staples integral with and frangibly separable from said at least one feeder belt; and

    a wedge longitudinally moveable relative to the plurality of staples;

    wherein at least one of said staples is sized differently from at least one other said staple andwherein a surface of the wedge contacts a staple of the plurality of staples for deployment of the staple.

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