Methods for forming tissue thickness compensator arrangements for surgical staplers
摘要
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 cross-sectional thicknesses or profiles are also disclosed.
申请公布号
EP2644209(A3)
申请公布日期
2015.01.28
申请号
EP20130161480
申请日期
2013.03.27
申请人
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
发明人
WIDENHOUSE, TAMARA;SHELTON, IV FREDERICK E.;TIMMER, MARK D.;HALL, STEVEN G.;TIMM, RICHARD W.;LANG, MATTHEW M.