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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Inventors:
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Michael S. Cropper, Edgewood, KY (US);
Jeffrey S. Swayze, West Chester, OH (US);
Hamilton E. Gonzalez, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory W. Johnson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61L 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/07292 (2013.01); A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61L 17/005 (2013.01); A61B 17/0644 (2013.01); A61B 17/2909 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00561 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00884 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00889 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00893 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00898 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00942 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00951 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07228 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07235 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07242 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07264 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2908 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2919 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2923 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2933 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2936 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320052 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61L 2300/102 (2013.01); A61L 2300/232 (2013.01); A61L 2300/45 (2013.01); F04C 2270/0421 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A staple cartridge comprising a tissue thickness compensator is disclosed. The tissue thickness compensator comprises an uncompressed height, a compressed height, an outer encasement, and tubular structures aligned along the longitudinal axis. The tubular structures are configured to collapse when pressure is applied to the tissue thickness compensator by tissue during the firing motion.