Title:
METHODS FOR FORMING TISSUE THICKNESS COMPENSATOR ARRANGEMENTS FOR SURGICAL STAPLERS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/148784
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Tissue thickness compensators for use with surgical staplers that are configured to form staples having different formed heights. Various tissue thickness compensators are disclosed that have non-uniform cross-sectional thicknesses or profiles. The tissue thickness compensators may be formed with a surface that matches a non-planar surface of the anvil or the staple cartridge deck. Methods of forming tissue thickness compensators with non-uniform crosssectional thicknesses or profiles are also disclosed.
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Inventors:
WIDENHOUSE TAMARA (US)
SHELTON FREDERICK E IV (US)
TIMMER MARK D (US)
HALL STEVEN G (US)
TIMM RICHARD W (US)
LANG MATTHEW M (US)
SHELTON FREDERICK E IV (US)
TIMMER MARK D (US)
HALL STEVEN G (US)
TIMM RICHARD W (US)
LANG MATTHEW M (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2013/034025
Publication Date:
February 27, 2014
Filing Date:
March 27, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC (US)
International Classes:
A61L27/56; A61B17/072; B29C44/00
Foreign References:
| EP2008595A2 | 2008-12-31 | |||
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
JOHNSON, Philip S. et al. (One Johnson & Johnson PlazaNew Brunswick, New Jersey, US)
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