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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Gary W. Knight, West Chester, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, Iii, Loveland, OH (US);
Kreena B. Avimukta, Mason, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Gary W. Knight, West Chester, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US);
Kreena B. Avimukta, Mason, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A fastener cartridge can comprise a compressible, collapsible, and/or crushable cartridge body and fasteners embedded within the cartridge body which can be utilized to fasten tissue. In use, the fastener cartridge can be positioned in a first jaw of a surgical fastening device, wherein the first jaw can be positioned opposite a second jaw, or anvil. The anvil can be engaged with the fastener cartridge to compress, collapse, and/or crush the cartridge body and deform, or otherwise deploy, the fasteners contained therein. As the fasteners are deformed or deployed, the fasteners can capture at least a portion of the cartridge body therein along with at least a portion of the tissue being fastened. In various embodiments, the fastener cartridge and/or the first jaw can comprise retention features which can allow the fastener cartridge to be selectively inserted into the first jaw in a first orientation or a second orientation.