Plastic surgical staple

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A61B 17/04 (2006.01) A61B 17/064 (2006.01) A61L 31/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1162127

ETH-469 ABSTRACT PLASTIC SURGICAL STAPLE A one-piece, self-locking, molded plastic staple useful as a tissue fixation device in surgical procedures. The staple has opposed, pointed, L-shaped legs hinged to a horizontal bridging member having expanding cam surfaces on each end. Each leg has an extending cam follower which traverses the cam surface and engages the end of the bridging member when the staple is closed by rotating the legs 90 degrees. The staples may be extruded or molded of absorbable or nonabsorbable polymeric materials.

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