摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a staple cartridge.SOLUTION: A staple cartridge comprises: a housing, the housing defining a plurality of retention slots; and a staple pusher defining a central longitudinal axis, the staple pusher including at least two pusher plates, each pusher plate including a top surface, the top surface of each pusher plate being adapted to engage a staple retained within one of the plurality of retention slots, the top surfaces of the pusher plates being substantially symmetrical about the central longitudinal axis, the top surfaces having substantially equal dimensions and having substantially equal positioning along the central longitudinal axis, the top surfaces being laterally spaced along an axis transverse to the central longitudinal axis. |