Releasable tissue thickness compensator and fastener cartridge having the same
摘要
An anvil-attachable layer and a retainer for aligning and attaching the layer to an anvil of a surgical stapler. Embodiments of the anvil-attachable layer can include one or more attachment features extending from the layer. A retainer can push the attachment features into a knife slot in the anvil so that the fit between the attachment features and the slot hold the anvil-attachable layer in place. Other embodiments of the anvil-attachable layer can include deployable attachment features formed in the layer. The deployable attachment features can be deployed from an undeployed position substantially in a plane defined by the layer to a deployed position extending out of the plane. In the deployed position, the deployable attachment features can extend into a slot in an anvil. A retainer can include features to push the deployable attachment features into the deployed position.
申请公布号
EP2764836(A3)
申请公布日期
2014.10.15
申请号
EP20140154561
申请日期
2014.02.10
申请人
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
发明人
VENDELY, MICHAEL J.;SHELTON, IV, FREDERICK E.;ARONHALT, TAYLOR W.;SCHELLIN, EMILY A.;REYNOLDS, II, DONALD L.