1. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. A New Surgical Barbed Staple for Minimally Invasive Surgery 1 J. Med. Devices. 2014;8(3):030951-030951-2. doi:10.1115/1.4027118 The structure of the rigid barbed staple Figure Legend:

2. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. A New Surgical Barbed Staple for Minimally Invasive Surgery 1 J. Med. Devices. 2014;8(3):030951-030951-2. doi:10.1115/1.4027118 The flexible barbed staple Figure Legend:

3. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. A New Surgical Barbed Staple for Minimally Invasive Surgery 1 J. Med. Devices. 2014;8(3):030951-030951-2. doi:10.1115/1.4027118 Exploded views of the stapling mechanism Figure Legend:

4. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. A New Surgical Barbed Staple for Minimally Invasive Surgery 1 J. Med. Devices. 2014;8(3):030951-030951-2. doi:10.1115/1.4027118 Staples interconnected with monofilament absorbable strings Figure Legend: