Stapler cartridge with staples frangibly affixed thereto

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8556153
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13571319

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A surgical apparatus may include a cartridge, and surgical staples affixed to and frangibly separable from that cartridge. A method for surgical stapling utilizing that apparatus may include providing at least one wedge; and moving at least one wedge into the cartridge, where that moving deforms and then shears from the cartridge at least one staple. A method of manufacturing an apparatus for use with a surgical stapler may include fabricating a cartridge configured to be received by the surgical stapler; fabricating staples; and fixing the staples to the cartridge.

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AESCULAP AGTUTTLINGEN

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Knodel, Bryan D Flagstaff, US 188 96662

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