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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);
Chunlin Yang, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan, Mumbai, IN;
Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US);
Joseph H. Contiliano, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Michael S. Cropper, Edgewood, KY (US);
Eugene L. Timperman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cortney E. Henderson, Loveland, OH (US);
Katherine J. Schmid, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);
Chunlin Yang, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan, Mumbai, IN;
Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US);
Joseph H. Contiliano, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Michael S. Cropper, Edgewood, KY (US);
Eugene L. Timperman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cortney E. Henderson, Loveland, OH (US);
Katherine J. Schmid, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC, Los Frailes Industrial Park Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A tissue thickness compensator comprising at least one woven lattice can be positioned in the end effector of a surgical instrument. A fastener cartridge that is positioned in the end effector can comprise at least one cavity configured to receive a fastener. The fastener can be moveable between an initial position, wherein the fastener is at least partially position in a cavity, and a fired position, wherein the fastener is configured to compress a woven lattice of the tissue thickness compensator. The woven lattice can comprise a resilient material such that compression of the woven lattice generates a restoring force. The woven lattice can also comprise an axis that can laterally traverse the fastener cartridge, diagonally traverse the fastener cartridge, or intersect a deck surface of the fastener cartridge. The woven lattice can comprise a hydrophilic substance, which can expand when the woven lattice is severed by a cutting element.