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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Jeffrey S. Swayze, Hamilton, OH (US);
Joshua R. Uth, Mason, OH (US);
Richard L. Leimbach, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John L. Stammen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Samuel P. Tidwell, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Swayze, Hamilton, OH (US);
Joshua R. Uth, Mason, OH (US);
Richard L. Leimbach, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John L. Stammen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Samuel P. Tidwell, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A cutting blade for a surgical cutting and stapling instrument is disclosed therein. The cutting blade can include one or more features to direct or displace substances released from within the tissue thickness compensators used with the surgical instrument. The cutting blade may include a textured surface that can cause substances from the tissue thickness compensator to spread across the blade surface.