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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Deborah W. Bell, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Samuel M. Date, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Jared G. Ragone, Newark, DE (US);
Michael S. Winterling, Landenberg, PA (US);
Deborah W. Bell, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Samuel M. Date, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Jared G. Ragone, Newark, DE (US);
Michael S. Winterling, Landenberg, PA (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A surgical staple line reinforcement is provided for use with a variety of surgical staplers to protect against tissue damage from surgical staples. The surgical staple line reinforcement is made up of a tubular structure of bio-implantable material with one or more stiffening members attached to or integrated within the tubular structure to resist, prevent or inhibit movement, rotation, or longitudinal compression of the tubular structure.