Tissue thickness compensator and method for making the same

US9241714B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Richard W. Timm · Cincinnati, US
• Mark Timmer · Jersey City, US
• Tamara Widenhouse · Clarksville, US
• Matthew M. Lang · Mason, US
• John L. Stammen · Cincinnati, US
• Gary W. Knight · Sharonville, US
• Christopher W. Widenhouse · Clarksville, US
• William B. Weisenburgh, II · Maineville, US
• Stephanie A. Mutchler · Loveland, US
• Mark H. Ransick · Sharonville, US
• Katherine J. Schmid · Loveland, US
• Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
• Chester O. Baxter, III · Loveland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In various embodiments, a tissue thickness compensator can comprise a film body formed from a continuous extruded shape and, in addition, a fibrous medicament core.