Patent ID: 11944310
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A surgical instrument comprising:
(a) a stapling assembly including:
(i) a housing extending distally along a central axis,
(ii) a deck member having a plurality of staple openings configured to receive a plurality of staples, wherein the deck member includes an exterior perimeter having a first elongate shape and an interior perimeter enclosed by the exterior perimeter and having a second elongate shape different than the first elongate shape, wherein the second elongate shape includes a pair of opposed elongate sides, wherein each of the opposed elongate sides includes a linear side portion and a radially outwardly recessed side portion, and
(iii) a knife member at least partially disposed within the housing, wherein a distal end of the knife member includes a cutting edge defining an edge plane that intersects the central axis, wherein the cutting edge has a non-circular shape in the edge plane; and

(b) an anvil configured to selectively couple with the stapling assembly to compress tissue and form staples in the tissue.