Cilag International Gmbh

Ethicon, Gmbh

Ashley D Easter

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Michael J Vendely

Jason L Harris

Charles J Scheib

Rao S Bezwada

Aidan Craigwood

Caroline Hagerman

Kathrin Holtzmann

Mark D Timmer

Jackie J Donners

Ismail Akram

Robert Scadding Moir

Howell Timothy Goldrein

Sofia Maria Consonni

Helen S Latham

Prudence A Turner

Mark S Zeiner

Emily A Schellin

Steven G Hall

Trevor J Barton

Victoria Dalessandro

Prudence A Vulhop

Mark H Ransick

Jack Donners

A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapling instrument includes a staple cartridge including a plurality of staples and a cartridge deck. The staple cartridge assembly also includes a compressible adjunct positionable against the cartridge deck, wherein the staples are deployable into tissue captured against the compressible adjunct, and wherein the compressible adjunct comprises a first biocompatible layer comprising a first portion, a second biocompatible layer comprising a second portion, and crossed spacer fibers extending between the first portion and the second portion.

Compressible adjunct with crossing spacer fibers

A buttress is applied to an end effector of a surgical stapler. The buttress is loaded on a platform of a buttress applier cartridge. The end effector is closed upon the platform. An adhesive layer of the buttress secures the buttress to the end effector. The buttress is thus adhered to the end effector when the end effector is opened. The end effector is then actuated on tissue of a patient, thereby stapling the buttress to the tissue.

Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler end effector

A buttress assembly is configured to temporarily adhere to a wet surgical stapler end effector. The buttress assembly includes a buttress body and a humidity tolerant adhesive material. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is applied to at least one side of the buttress body. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is configured to hold the buttress body to an underside of an anvil or a deck of a staple cartridge for at least five minutes in an environment of 100% relative humidity at approximately 37° C.

Surgical stapler buttress assembly with adhesion to wet end effector

Staple cartridge assembly including a compressible adjunct

A buttress assembly is configured to temporarily adhere to a wet surgical stapler end effector. The buttress assembly includes a buttress body and a humidity tolerant adhesive material. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is applied to at least one side of the buttress body. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is configured to hold the buttress body to an underside of an anvil or a deck of a staple cartridge for at least five minutes in an environment of 100% relative humidity at approximately 37&#xb0; C.

Implantable layer with spacer fibers

Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler and effector

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Ashley D Easter