US 12,376,850 B2
Surgical staple
Dinesh Koka, Winter Park, FL (US); Samuel Nader, Arlington Heights, IL (US); Ryan Niver, Glenview, IL (US); Natan Pheil, Highland Park, IL (US); and Wesley Reed, Libertyville, IL (US)
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed by Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,230.
Prior Publication US 2024/0423612 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0642 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0682 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0645 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical staple comprising:
a bridge having an upper side, a lower side opposite the upper side, a first end and a second end; and
a plurality of legs depending from the lower side of the bridge, including at least a first leg adjacent the first end of the bridge and a second leg adjacent the second end of the bridge, the legs each having tips at opposite ends of the legs relative to the bridge;
the bridge further having:
a length extending between the first end and the second end, a thickness extending between the upper side and lower side of the bridge and a width extending perpendicular to the length and the thickness,
the upper side having a smooth curved surface extending from the first end to the second end of the bridge, the smooth curved surface having a narrowed middle region, a first narrowed region adjacent the first end and a second narrowed region adjacent the second end,
the width including a reduced width portion adjacent the narrowed middle region of the smooth curved surface as compared to a pair of larger width portions disposed on opposite sides of the reduced width portion, and
a first extension of the bridge adjacent the first end of the bridge and extending on an opposite side of the first leg relative to the second leg, a second extension of the bridge adjacent the second end of the bridge and extending on an opposite side of the second leg relative to the first leg, the first extension having a tapering thickness decreasing toward the first end and the second extension having a tapering thickness decreasing toward the second end, the tapering thicknesses being predominately in the upper side as opposed to the lower side of the bridge;
wherein the surgical staple has a relaxed configuration, where the bridge is arched, and a tensioned configuration, whereby the bridge is less arched than in the relaxed configuration and the tips of at least two of the legs are further apart as compared to in the relaxed configuration, the surgical staple being biased into the relaxed configuration.