Surgical staple cartridge with driver configuration to establish a herringbone staple pattern

摘要

A surgical staple driver array operatively used with a surgical staple cartridge. The plurality of first staple drivers are configured to be slidably supported within the surgical staple cartridge. Each first staple driver is configured to operably support at least two first surgical staples parallel to each other. The plurality of second staple drivers are configured to be slidably supported within a surgical staple cartridge adjacent to at least one corresponding first staple driver. Each second staple driver supports a single second surgical staple. The second surgical staple extends in a transverse second direction to each of the first surgical staples supported on at least one adjacent corresponding first staple driver.