Layered tissue thickness compensator

US9332974B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Cortney E. Henderson · Loveland, US
• Taylor W. Aronhalt · Loveland, US
• Chunlin Yang · Montgomery, US
• Charles J. Scheib · Loveland, US
• Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan · Cincinnati, US
• Mark Timmer · Jersey City, US
• Richard W. Timm · Cincinnati, US
• Tamara Widenhouse · Clarksville, US
• Steven G. Hall · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2012
• Grant date: May 10, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 4, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/320052
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A tissue thickness compensator may generally comprise a first layer comprising a first medicament, a second layer comprising a second medicament, and a third layer comprising a third medicament. The tissue thickness compensator may comprise a first layer comprising a first medicament, a second layer comprising a second medicament, and a reservoir comprising a third medicament disposed within the reservoir. The medicaments may be independently selected from a haemostatic agent, an anti-inflammatory agent, an antibiotic agent, anti-microbial agent, an anti-adhesion agent, an anti-coagulant agent, a pharmaceutically active agent, a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor, and combinations thereof. Articles of manufacture comprising the tissue thickness compensator and methods of making and using the tissue thickness compensator are also described.