Patent ID: 9561032
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A surgical staple cartridge, comprising: a cartridge housing; a knife channel dividing the cartridge housing into a first side and a second side; a first row of staple pockets located on the first side of the cartridge housing; a second row of staple pockets located on the first side of the cartridge housing; a third row of staple pockets located on the first side of the cartridge housing; a plurality of first staples removably stored within the first row of staple pockets; a plurality of second staples removably stored within the second row of staple pockets; a plurality of third staples removably stored within the third row of staple pockets; a first staple driver on the first side oriented to drive a first staple out of the staple pockets in the first row, a second staple out of the staple pockets in the second row, and a third staple out of the staple pockets in the third row; and a second staple driver on the first side oriented to drive a total of four staples out of the staple pockets in the first row, the second row and the third row of staple pockets and, in cooperation with an opposing planar anvil, deform at least one of said four staples to a first fired height and at least one of said four staples to a second fired height, wherein the first fired height is different than the second fired height.