Patent · US Active

Movable member for use with a tissue thickness compensator

US9517063B2 · kind B2 · utility

1,107Cited by

2,170References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jeffrey S. Swayze · Hamilton, US
Joshua R. Uth · Mason, US
Richard L. Leimbach · Cincinnati, US
John L. Stammen · Cincinnati, US
Samuel P. Tidwell · Cincinnati, US
Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2012
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/0814
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cutting blade for a surgical cutting and stapling instrument is disclosed therein. The cutting blade can include one or more features to direct or displace substances released from within the tissue thickness compensators used with the surgical instrument. The cutting blade may include a textured surface that can cause substances from the tissue thickness compensator to spread across the blade surface.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.