Devices and methods for attaching tissue thickness compensating materials to surgical stapling instruments
摘要
<p>Surgical stapling instruments are disclosed. At least one embodiment includes a first jaw that supports a plurality of surgical staples and a second jaw that is movable relative to the first jaw. Various arrangements include a tissue thickness compensator that is configured to be captured within the surgical staples and assume different compressed heights within different surgical staples upon application of a firing motion to the surgical staples. Various attachment protrusion arrangements are disclosed to mechanically removably attach the tissue thickness compensator to the first or second jaw.</p>
申请公布号
EP2644126(A2)
申请公布日期
2013.10.02
申请号
EP20130161496
申请日期
2013.03.27
申请人
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
发明人
SCHMID, KATHERINE J.;ARONHALT, TAYLOR W.;MORGAN, JEROME R.;SHELTON, IV FREDERICK E.;SCHEIB, CHARLES J.;STAMMEN, JOHN L.;ORTIZ, MARK S.;ALDRIDGE, JEFFREY L.