METHOD FOR CONNECTING LIVE TISSUE, CARTRIDGE AND U SHAPED NAIL

摘要

A cartridge (10) and method used for joining living tissue such as fascia. A staple (14) in the cartridge (10) having pointed arcuate end portions (18) flanking a central portion (16) is bent to provide a generally oval shape for the central portion (16) and adjacent parts of the closed staple, and to bring the terminal parts (19) of the staple into side-by-side crossed relationship with the points (20) on each of the end portions (18) positioned adjacent the central portion (16) of the staple so that each of the end portions (18) of the staple (14) can extend through the tissue on one side of the closed opening and project into the tissue on the other side of the closed opening.