Patent ID: 7824426

Claim:
A cartridge for use with a surgical stapler, the cartridge having a plurality of individual directionally biased surgical staples therein and associated pushers for ejecting the staples from the cartridge, each of the staples being supported within the cartridge in spaced relation from adjacent staples and each of the staples comprising: a backspan; a pair of deformable legs depending from the backspan, the legs configured to come into contact with anvil pockets for formation of the staple; each leg including a bending region, the bending region having a base dimension and a height dimension, the base dimension being greater than the height dimension, wherein the bending region defines a moment of inertia ratio of between about 1.1 and about 3.0; and wherein the bending region has a substantially uniform cross-section along substantially the length of the pair of deformable legs.