Patent ID: 8235995

Claim:
A bone staple for securing a first bone region to a second bone region, the bone staple comprising: a staple body including (i) a first leg section that is insertable into the first bone region, (ii) a second leg section that is insertable into the second bone region, and (iii) a connector section that connects the first leg section to the second leg section, the connector section including a deformable region that is movable from a first configuration in which the first and second leg sections are spaced apart a first distance and a second configuration in which the first and second leg sections are spaced apart a second distance that is less than the first distance, wherein the deformable region includes a pair of spaced apart arched regions, wherein compression of the deformable region causes the deformable region to move from the first configuration to the second configuration and the arched regions to compress and move outward; wherein the connector section includes a first non-deformable region and a spaced apart second non-deformable region.