Method of forming a staple for use in surgical procedures
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1. A method of forming a substantially box-shaped staple through tissue comprising:
- providing a substantially box-shaped staple having a backspan, a first leg extending from the backspan and including a first bend zone located between the backspan and a first end of the first leg, and a second leg extending from the backspan and including a second bend zone located between the backspan and a second end of the second leg;
driving the first and second ends of the first and second legs through a tissue section; and
driving a first angled portion of a first anvil laterally in a direction parallel to the backspan into the first bend zone of the first leg to bend and divide the first leg into a first traversing leg portion and a first substantially linear clenching leg portion.
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Abstract
A staple is provided having a backspan and a first and second legs extending distally from the backspan. Each of the first and second legs includes a bend dividing each leg into a traversing leg portion and a substantially linear clenching leg portion. A staple plate is positionable over the first and second legs between the backspan and the first and second clenching leg portions. An anvil assembly has first and second movable members which move toward to one another to engage outer surfaces of the first and second clenching leg portions. There is further disclosed a method of forming the staple through tissue.
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1. A method of forming a substantially box-shaped staple through tissue comprising:
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providing a substantially box-shaped staple having a backspan, a first leg extending from the backspan and including a first bend zone located between the backspan and a first end of the first leg, and a second leg extending from the backspan and including a second bend zone located between the backspan and a second end of the second leg; driving the first and second ends of the first and second legs through a tissue section; and driving a first angled portion of a first anvil laterally in a direction parallel to the backspan into the first bend zone of the first leg to bend and divide the first leg into a first traversing leg portion and a first substantially linear clenching leg portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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