Abstract: A staple includes a crown section having diamond shaped with a first curve, a second curve, and a third curve representing three points of a diamond. The crown section having opposite ends. A pair of leg sections extend from the opposite ends of the crown section.

Abstract: A staple collation includes a first staple, an identical second staple adjacent the first staple, and an adhesive material coupling the first staple to the second staple. Each of the first staple and the second staple includes a crown section having opposite ends and a pair of leg sections extending from the opposite ends of the crown section. The second staple is offset from the first staple in a first, lateral direction, and the second staple is offset from the first staple in a second, vertical direction that is perpendicular to the lateral direction.

Abstract: A powered staple driver includes a magazine configured to receive staples and a nosepiece having a staple driving channel from which consecutive staples from the magazine are driven, the staple driving channel extending along a driving axis. The magazine obliquely extends from the nosepiece in both a first plane containing the driving axis and a second plane that is perpendicular to the driving axis.

Abstract: A staple collation includes a first staple, an identical second staple adjacent the first staple, and an adhesive material coupling the first staple to the second staple. Each of the first staple and the second staple includes a crown section having opposite ends and a pair of leg sections extending from the opposite ends of the crown section. The second staple is offset from the first staple in a first, lateral direction, and the second staple is offset from the first staple in a second, vertical direction that is perpendicular to the lateral direction.