US 12,419,673 B2
Surgical staple
Alan G. Taylor, Memphis, TN (US); and Rebecca H. Wahl, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/945,271.
Application 18/532,240 is a division of application No. 17/454,672, filed on Nov. 12, 2021, abandoned.
Application 18/945,271 is a continuation of application No. 18/532,240, filed on Dec. 7, 2023, granted, now 12,251,146.
Application 17/454,672 is a continuation of application No. 16/379,097, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,202,666, issued on Dec. 21, 2021.
Application 16/379,097 is a continuation of application No. 13/782,274, filed on Mar. 1, 2013, granted, now 10,292,743, issued on May 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/642,353, filed on May 3, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/605,269, filed on Mar. 1, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2025/0064493 A1, Feb. 27, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/84 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0642 (2013.01); A61B 17/8004 (2013.01); A61B 17/8085 (2013.01); A61B 17/809 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0645 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical staple comprising:
a middle section extending between a first end and a second end;
a first side section extending from the first end of the middle section and being configured to be inserted into a bone; and
a second side section extending from the second end of the middle section and being configured to be inserted into a bone; wherein
the surgical staple is selectively movable between a relaxed configuration and an opened configuration,
the first side section and the second side section are angled toward one another when the surgical staple is in the relaxed configuration,
the first side section and the second side section are substantially parallel to each other in the opened configuration,
the surgical staple is made from an alloy,
the middle section defines a first aperture and a second aperture that both extend through the middle section such that each of the first aperture and the second aperture is sized and configured to receive an elongate surgical instrument, and
the first aperture and the second aperture are threaded apertures.