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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Garrett Ebersole, Southington, CT (US);
Marwa Choudhury, Bronx, NY (US);
Roland Ostapoff, East Haven, CT (US);
Brian Nentwick, Greenfield Center, NY (US);
Richard P. Stevenson, Colchester, CA (US);
Garrett Ebersole, Southington, CT (US);
Marwa Choudhury, Bronx, NY (US);
Roland Ostapoff, East Haven, CT (US);
Brian Nentwick, Greenfield Center, NY (US);
Richard P. Stevenson, Colchester, CA (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
Articles are provided having no orientation or a multi-directional orientation. Such articles may be in the form of films, ribbons, sheets, and/or tapes and may be utilized as buttresses with a surgical stapling apparatus or as reinforcing means for suture lines. The articles may be produced with etchings on at least a part of a surface of the article.