Staple cartridge loading assembly

US8857694B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
• Chester O. Baxter, III · Loveland, US
• Taylor W. Aronhalt · Loveland, US
• Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan · Cincinnati, US
• Israel Nur · Afula, IL
• John V. Hunt · Cincinnati, US
• Geoffrey C. Hueil · Cincinnati, US
• Gregory J. Fanuele · Monroe, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 29, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 14, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/0811
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fastener cartridge can comprise a support portion, a tissue thickness compensator positioned relative to the support portion, and a plurality of fasteners positioned within the support portion and/or the tissue thickness compensator which can be utilized to fasten tissue. In use, the fastener cartridge can be positioned in a first jaw of a surgical fastening device, wherein a second jaw, or anvil, can be positioned opposite the first jaw. To deploy the fasteners, a staple-deploying member is advanced through the fastener cartridge to move the fasteners toward the anvil. As the fasteners are deployed, the fasteners can capture at least a portion of the tissue thickness compensator therein along with at least a portion of the tissue being fastened.