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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 secured to a horizontal bridging member. Each leg has an extension which is engaged by a locking bar extending between the extensions when the st

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 secured to a horizontal bridging member. Each leg has an extension which is engaged by a locking bar extending between the extensions when the staple is closed by forcing the legs through a 90°arc. The staples may be extruded or molded of absorbable or nonabsorbable polymeric materials.

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A one-piece, self-locking, plastic surgical staple comprising, in a vertical plane, a horizontal bridging member spanning the width of the staple and terminating at each end in an upward extending staple leg support member, an L-shaped staple leg extending horizontally outward and downward from each

A one-piece, self-locking, plastic surgical staple comprising, in a vertical plane, a horizontal bridging member spanning the width of the staple and terminating at each end in an upward extending staple leg support member, an L-shaped staple leg extending horizontally outward and downward from each leg support member and terminating in a tissue-piercing point, a staple leg extension extending inwardly from each staple leg at the leg support member and terminating with a space between opposing ends of said extensions, a center post extending vertically upward from said bridging member and through said space between the opposing ends of said extensions, and a horizontal staple leg locking bar secured to said center post and extending horizontally in a closely spaced relationship adjacent said staple leg extensions and staple leg support members, said staple leg support members and staple legs secured thereto being pivotable with respect to said horizontal bridging member to close said staple legs, whereupon said staple leg extensions deflect said locking bar and are thereafter engaged by said locking bar to maintain said staple legs in their closed position.