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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Katherine J. Schmid, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US);
Matthew M. Lang, Mason, OH (US);
Steven G. Hall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, Iii, Loveland, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Katherine J. Schmid, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US);
Matthew M. Lang, Mason, OH (US);
Steven G. Hall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Los Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A stapling assembly comprising a tissue thickness compensator is disclosed. The tissue thickness compensator comprises a body portion comprising a porous material and a plurality of cavities defined in the body portion, wherein the cavities are aligned with forming surfaces of an anvil such that fasteners of a fastener cartridge are configured to at least one of the cavities when the fasteners are ejected from the fastener cartridge or capture the cavities and compress the cavities within the tissue thickness compensator when the fasteners are ejected from the fastener cartridge and formed by forming surfaces of the anvil. The stapling assembly further comprises at least one medicament positioned within each cavity prior to firing the stapler, wherein the medicament is different than the porous material.