Patent ID: 11911025
Assignee: MEDSHAPE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 32:
33. A staple comprising:
a bridge with a top surface along a length of the bridge between a first end and a second end and at least two legs, wherein:
the top surface comprises:
a first edge and a second edge; and
a constant width that is greater than a thickness of the bridge and a non-breaking surface between the first edge and the second edge; and
the top surface transitions smoothly at each of the first end and the second end: a) to one of two outer leg surfaces; and b) downwardly and inwardly along curved shoulders to faces of the at least two legs;
the bridge comprises a continuous cross-section; and
wherein the staple has an undeformed state and a deformed state, and wherein stored strain in the staple when in the deformed state is distributed substantially evenly between the at least two legs, the curved shoulders, and the bridge.