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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael J. Vendely, Lebanon, OH (US);
Mark D. Timmer, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Jackie J. Donners, Pennington, NJ (US);
Donald L. Reynolds, II, West Chester, OH (US);
Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US);
Trevor J. Barton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for altering an implantable layer for use with a surgical instrument which includes the steps of obtaining an implantable layer comprised at least partially from a material including a glass transition temperature and a melting temperature, wherein the implantable layer includes a first shape, heating the material to a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature and lower than the melting temperature, manipulating the implantable layer to a second shape different than the first shape, allowing the material to cool below the glass transition temperature, and releasing the implantable layer.