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Cartridge assembly having a buttressing member

US8973804B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

Christopher J. Hess · Cincinnati, US
William B. Weisenburgh, II · Maineville, US
Jerome R. Morgan · Cincinnati, US
James W. Voegele · Cincinnati, US
Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
Joshua R. Uth · Mason, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2014
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 18, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/0811
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A staple cartridge assembly includes a cartridge body. The cartridge body includes a deck and a plurality of staples deployable into tissue. The staple cartridge assembly also includes a buttressing member removably attached to the deck and a firing member movable relative to the cartridge body during a firing stroke to deploy the plurality of staples into the tissue, wherein the buttressing member is completely removed from the deck as a result of the firing stroke.

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