Surgical staple.
The surgical staple consists of a bridge (1) and two legs (2, 3) which are provided at their ends with cutting edges (4, 5) and which, starting from the bridge (1), in each case first extend over a section (6, 7) in the manner of an arc of a circle and then extend in a straight line over a section (8, 9). In order to be able to implant a staple of this type as atraumatically as possible and to ensure that the so-called eversion of the wound margins to be closed using the staple is maintained, the leg sections (8, 9) extending in a straight line are aligned at an angle of 2.5 DEG </= alpha </= 10 DEG to the plane of symmetry (10) of the staple.