Patent ID: 8789738
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical method of treating tissue, comprising: possessing a surgical tool comprising at least one movable feeder belt; said feeder belt including a plurality of staples frangibly connected thereto, wherein at least one said staple is oriented relative to said feeder belt in a direction angled relative to a transverse direction; placing said surgical tool adjacent to tissue; deforming at least one said staple into tissue; deploying at least one said deformed staple from said feeder belt, wherein said deploying includes frangibly separating the at least one said deformed staple from said feeder belt; advancing said feeder belt; and repeating said placing, deforming and deploying, wherein said repeating said deploying is performed with a plurality of said staples that were present inside the surgical tool during said first deploying.