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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Cortney E. Henderson, Loveland, OH (US);
Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US);
Chunlin Yang, Belle Meade, NJ (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan, Mumbai, IN;
Mark D. Timmer, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Richard W. Timm, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tamara Widenhouse, Clarksville, OH (US);
Steven G. Hall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cortney E. Henderson, Loveland, OH (US);
Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US);
Chunlin Yang, Belle Meade, NJ (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan, Mumbai, IN;
Mark D. Timmer, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Richard W. Timm, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tamara Widenhouse, Clarksville, OH (US);
Steven G. Hall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A tissue thickness compensator may generally comprise a first layer comprising a first medicament, a second layer comprising a second medicament, and a third layer comprising a third medicament. The tissue thickness compensator may comprise a first layer comprising a first medicament, a second layer comprising a second medicament, and a reservoir comprising a third medicament disposed within the reservoir. The medicaments may be independently selected from a haemostatic agent, an anti-inflammatory agent, an antibiotic agent, anti-microbial agent, an anti-adhesion agent, an anti-coagulant agent, a pharmaceutically active agent, a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor, and combinations thereof. Articles of manufacture comprising the tissue thickness compensator and methods of making and using the tissue thickness compensator are also described.