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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Blue Ash, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
An end effector for use with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The end effector comprises an anvil including a staple forming portion, a cutting member, and a staple cartridge. The staple cartridge comprises a cartridge body, an elongate slot, and a deck. The deck comprises a first deck surface and a second deck surface, wherein one of the first deck surface and the second deck surface is stepped up from the other one of the first deck surface and the second deck surface. The staple cartridge further comprises a plurality of first staple cavities, a plurality of second staple cavities, and a plurality of third staple cavities, a driven element, a securement member releasably engaged with the deck, an implantable portion, and a plurality of staples deployable concurrently into tissue captured between the anvil and the staple cartridge.