Patent ID: 11903584
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
(a) a plurality of staples;
(b) a plurality of staple drivers; and
(c) a staple housing body defining a plurality of staple openings, wherein each opening of the plurality of staple openings houses a respective staple of the plurality of staples and a respective staple driver of the plurality of staple drivers, wherein the staple housing body comprises, in association with each staple opening of the plurality of staple openings:
(i) a first proud wall located at a first end of the staple opening,
(ii) a second proud wall located at a second end of the staple opening,
(iii) an intermediate proud wall extending between the first end and the second end of the staple opening, wherein the intermediate proud wall is attached to both the first proud wall and the second proud wall, wherein the intermediate proud wall is shorter than both the first proud wall and the second proud wall, and
(iv) a connecting proud wall extending between the first proud wall and the second proud wall of a respective adjacent staple opening of the plurality of staple openings, wherein the connecting proud wall is shorter than each of the first proud wall and the second proud wall of the respective adjacent staple openings.