Patent ID: 11883019
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A surgical stapler for stapling the tissue of a patient, comprising:
a handle;
a shaft extending from said handle;
a plurality of staple clusters, wherein each said staple cluster comprises a plurality of connected staples, and wherein said plurality of staple clusters comprises a staged staple cluster;
an end effector, comprising:
a tissue compression surface; and
an anvil comprising staple forming pockets;

a staple cluster feeding system, comprising:
a pusher configured to advance said staged staple cluster into said end effector;
a divider configured to separate the staples within a single said staged staple cluster into a plurality of divided staple clusters; and
a guide configured to align said divided staple clusters with said staple forming pockets; and

a staple firing system configured to deploy said divided staple clusters during a single staple firing stroke.