Patent ID: 11911026
Assignee: MEDSHAPE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 44:
45. The staple of claim 15, wherein:
the two or more outer legs comprise:
a first outer leg further from a midpoint of the central bridge portion than the first inner leg and connected to the bridge at a first outer shoulder; and
a second outer leg further from the midpoint of the central bridge portion than the second inner leg and connected to the bridge at a second outer shoulder;

the staple further comprises a height from a tip of the first outer leg to a highest point on the bridge of 22.0-25.0 mm;
the bridge comprises:
a first end;
a second end; and
a length between the first end and the second end of at least 25 mm;

the bridge transitions smoothly at each of the first end and the second end to an outer surface of each of the first outer leg and the second outer leg;
the constant width of the central bridge portion is 5.0 to 5.5 mm or 5.5 to 6.0 mm;
the thickness of the central bridge portion is 0.5 to 3.0 mm;
each of the first inner leg, the second inner leg, the first outer leg, and the second outer leg comprises an inner surface and a plurality of teeth;
each of the plurality of teeth are cut out of a respective leg such that a point of each tooth lies in a plane;
the inner surface of the respective leg lies in the plane;
the constant width of the central bridge portion is greater than a width of each of the first inner leg, the second inner leg, the first outer leg, and the second outer leg;
the first inner shoulder, the second inner shoulder, the first outer shoulder, and the second outer shoulder each form a substantially smooth and non-breaking curved or radial transition between the bridge and the first inner leg, the second inner leg, the first outer leg, and the second outer leg, respectively; and
wherein the staple exhibits a relatively equal distribution and continuous concentration of stresses at an inner section of the bridge between the inner legs.