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Abstract

A surgical staple for use in joining the opposed edges of an incision in the skin of a patient, in which the staple includes an elongated straight bridge portion, a pair of anchor prongs projecting in the same direction from the opposite ends of the bridge portion, and a pair of positioning prongs projecting toward each other from the opposite ends of the bridge portion at acute angles to, and in the same plane as, the anchor prongs. The surgical staple is adapted to be carried in the cartridge of a conventional surgical staple applicator and adapted to be deformed by the applicator to bend the bridge portion spanning the edges of the wound for emplacement of the opposed anchor and positioning prongs into the skin on opposite sides of the incision so that the positioning prongs urge the edges of the incision together, and all of the prongs prevent rotation of the staple relative to the incision.

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