Patent ID: 11957344
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A staple cartridge for use with a surgical instrument, wherein the staple cartridge comprises:
a) a longitudinal slot;
b) first staples arranged in a first row on a first side of the longitudinal slot, wherein each of the first staples includes a first end and a second end;
c) second staples arranged in a second row on the first side of the longitudinal slot, wherein each of the second staples includes a first end and a second end; and
d) third staples arranged in a third row on the first side of the longitudinal slot, wherein the third row is between the first row and the second row, and wherein the third staples are positioned closer to the first staples than to the second staples,
wherein a first spacing is defined between the first end of a first staple of the first staples and a laterally adjacent second staple of the second staples,
wherein a second spacing is defined between the second end of the first staple and the second end of the second staple,
wherein a longitudinal position of each of the first staple and the second staple along the longitudinal slot is the same,
wherein the first spacing and the second spacing are different, and
wherein at least one of the first staples, the second staples, or the third staples are obliquely oriented relative to the longitudinal slot.