Ethicon, Gmbh

Cilag International Gmbh

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Lauren S Weaner

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Michael J Vendely

Taylor W Aronhalt

Emily A Schellin

Jerome R Morgan

Chester O Baxter, Iii

Mark S Zeiner

Morgan Robert Hunter

Trevor J Barton

Jason L Harris

Austin E Wise

Christopher W Widenhouse

Sarah Alexandra Worthington

Adam David Hensel

Patrick J Swindon

Mark S Ortiz

Daniel F Dlugos, Jr

Jeffrey P Wiley

Jeffrey S Swayze

Jeffrey David Messerly

David C Yates

Sean P Conlon

Daniel J Mumaw

Bret William Smith

Kyle P Moore

Geoffrey C Hueil

Douglas B Hoffman

Donna L Korvick

Amy L Marcotte

Eric W Thompson

Kristin L Jambor

Darwin L Schultz

Daniel V Jones

Brandon J Lloyd

Christopher J Hess

Michael J Stokes

Mark D Overmyer

Jeffrey L Aldridge

Anil K Nalagatla

James Walden Voegele

John V Hunt

Galen C Robertson

Michael S Cropper

Prasanna Malaviya

Wells D Haberstich

Alec Ginggen

Randal T Byrum

Joshua D Young

Thomas W Lytle, Iv

Rocco Crivelli

James A Woodard, Jr

Thomas Edward Albrecht

Mark Tsonton

Mark D Timmer

Alessandro Pastorelli

John Scott Kimsey

David T Krumanaker

Tamara S Vetro Widenhouse

Dustin R Jensen

Dean L Garner

Donald L Reynolds, Ii

Denzel Z Herrera-Davis

John E Feds

Kharyl Evenson George Stephens

Josiah J Brinkerhoff

Michael T Isaacs

Charles J Scheib

Kevin L Houser

William Bruce Weisenburgh, Ii

Foster B Stulen

Richard William Timm

Adam R Dunki-Jacobs

Kevin Ross Doll

Andrew M Zwolinski

Mark H Ransick

Scott A Woodruff

Thomas E Adams

William L Hassler, Jr

Jason M Rector

Jackie J Donners

Michael J Miller

Kenneth E Carper

Daniel F Dlugos

Toralf Bork

Janna B Volz

Anthony T Nguyen

Russell L Holscher

Michael W Goldenbogen

Timothy P Lessek

James A Vandewalle

Stephen M Torain

Annie L Ferreri

Austin M Fischer

Glenda C Marsh

Harry E Payne

Mario Gutierrez

Courtney J Sikes

A staple cartridge is disclosed. The staple cartridge can comprise a cartridge body comprising a deck and a bottom surface opposite the deck. The staple cartridge can comprise a plurality of staple cavities, wherein each staple cavity extends into the cartridge body from the deck to the bottom surface. Additionally, a plurality of wells can be defined into the staple cartridge from the deck to a lowermost surface of the well. A plurality of staples can be removably positioned in the staple cavities. The staple cartridge can comprise a tissue thickness compensator releasably secured to the cartridge body, wherein the tissue thickness compensator comprises a compensator body and a plurality of extensions extending from the compensator body into the wells, wherein at least one extension is compressed within one of the wells. Each well can surround at least one staple cavity and/or can extend between at least two staple cavities.

Staple cartridge comprising a tissue thickness compensator

A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The staple cartridge assembly comprises a compressible adjunct and a staple cartridge. The compressible adjunct comprises attachment regions. The staple cartridge comprises a proximal end, a distal end, a deck, a longitudinal row of staple cavities, staples, bonding zones, and barbs. The attachment regions of the compressible adjunct are configured to be secured to bonding areas defined by the bonding zones. The barbs protrude from the deck, and the barbs are configured to maintain an initial alignment between the attachment regions and the bonding zones prior to attachment of the compressible adjunct to the deck.

Compressible adjunct with attachment regions

Staple cartridge comprising a deck including an upper surface and a lower surface

Staple cartridge comprising a cartridge body including a plurality of wells

A surgical stapler, or fastening instrument, may generally comprise a layer, such as a tissue thickness compensator, for example, releasably attached to a fastener cartridge and/or anvil by a flowable attachment portion. The flowable attachment portion may be indefinitely flowable. The flowable attachment portion may be flowable from the time that layer is installed to the fastener cartridge to the time in which the layer is implanted to patient tissue. The flowable attachment portion may comprise a pressure sensitive adhesive. The flowable attachment portion may comprise an adhesive laminate comprising a base layer comprising the tissue thickness compensator and an adhesive layer on at least a portion of a surface of the base layer comprising the pressure sensitive adhesive. Articles of manufacture comprising flowable attachment portion and methods of making and using the flowable attachment portion are also described.

Adhesive film laminate

A surgical stapler comprising an end effector and a system configured to feed staples into the end effector is disclosed.

Stapling instrument comprising a staple feeding system

A robotic surgical system includes a robotic manipulator that includes a mounting fixture defining a longitudinal channel, and a surgical tool removably coupleable to the mounting fixture. The surgical tool including a tool housing matable with the mounting fixture, an elongate shaft extending from the tool housing and receivable within the channel, and a latching mechanism provided on the elongate shaft and comprising one or more retention tabs biased radially outward with one or more biasing members. The one or more retention tabs are movable between a deployed state, where the one or more retention tabs protrude radially outward through a corresponding one or more slots to engage the mounting fixture, and a retracted state, where the one or more retention tabs are urged radially inward through the one or more slots to disengage the mounting fixture.

Robotic surgical tools with latching mechanism

A surgical instrument that comprises an elongate shaft assembly that defines a shaft axis. A surgical end effector is pivotally coupled to the elongate shaft assembly for selective pivotal travel about an articulation axis that extends transversely relative to the shaft axis. The surgical instrument further includes an articulation system that comprises a single articulation driver that is supported for longitudinal travel along a path that is laterally offset from the shaft axis. A cross link is coupled to the articulation driver and extends transversely across the shaft axis to be coupled to the surgical end effector.

Articulatable surgical instruments with single articulation link arrangements

Staple cartridge

Methods for forming an implantable layer onto a staple cartridge are disclosed.

Method for applying an implantable layer to a fastener cartridge

A surgical instrument that comprises an elongate shaft assembly that defines a shaft axis. A surgical end effector is pivotally coupled to the elongate shaft assembly for selective pivotal travel relative thereto about an articulation axis that is laterally offset from the shaft axis and extends transversely relative thereto. An end effector driver link is operably coupled to the surgical end effector and an articulation driver that is supported for longitudinal travel in distal and proximal directions upon application of articulation motions thereto. A flexible de-articulation member is coupled to the elongate shaft assembly and the surgical end effector to apply de-articulation motions to the surgical end effector.

Surgical instruments with non-symmetrical articulation arrangements

A surgical stapling instrument comprising an elongate shaft assembly that defines a shaft axis and includes a surgical end effector that is operably coupled thereto by an articulation joint. The surgical instrument includes a longitudinally movable flexible firing beam that is configured to flexibly traverse the articulation joint and be selectively axially movable from a starting position to an ending position. A middle support member is movably coupled to the elongate shaft assembly and a portion of the surgical end effector. A proximal support link is located proximal to the middle support member and is configured to provide lateral support to a proximal portion of the flexible firing beam traversing the articulation joint. A distal support link is located distal to the middle support member and is configured to provide lateral support to a distal portion of the flexible support beam traversing the articulation joint.

Movable firing beam support arrangements for articulatable surgical instruments

A surgical tool assembly that includes an axially movable closure member and an axially movable firing member that is movable between an unfired position and a fired position. The tool assembly includes a second jaw that has a mounting portion and mounting walls that are movably mounted to a first jaw. The mounting portion defines a cam area that is configured for engagement by the movable closure member to move the second jaw from an open position to a closed position. The mounting walls define an open-topped parking area for accommodating the firing member therein when in the unfired position. A protective cap member is attached to the mounting walls such that it covers at least a portion of the open topped parking area.

Protective cover arrangements for a joint interface between a movable jaw and actuator shaft of a surgical instrument

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Lauren S Weaner