STAPLE CARTRIDGE COMPRISING STAPLES POSITIONED WITHIN A COMPRESSIBLE PORTION THEREOF
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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.
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38 Claims
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21. An end effector, comprising:
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a first jaw; a second jaw comprising an anvil, wherein at least one of said first jaw and said second jaw is movable to compress tissue between said first jaw and said second jaw; a staple cartridge assembly, comprising; a staple cartridge; an implantable cartridge layer assembly adhesively secured to said staple cartridge, wherein said cartridge layer assembly comprises; at least one fibrous layer, a film layer, and a polyglycolic acid material; and an implantable anvil layer assembly adhesively secured to said anvil, wherein said anvil layer assembly comprises; at least one fibrous layer, a film layer, and a polyglycolic acid material. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An end effector, comprising:
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a first jaw comprising a staple cartridge channel; a second jaw comprising an anvil, wherein at least one of said first jaw and said second jaw is movable to compress tissue between said first jaw and said second jaw; a staple cartridge positioned in said staple cartridge channel, wherein said staple cartridge comprises; an implantable cartridge layer assembly, comprising; at least one fibrous layer, a film layer, and a polyglycolic acid material; and an implantable anvil layer assembly detachably secured to said anvil, comprising; at least one fibrous layer, a film layer, and a polyglycolic acid material. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An end effector, comprising:
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a first jaw; a second jaw comprising an anvil, wherein at least one of said first jaw and said second jaw is movable to compress tissue between said first jaw and said second jaw; a staple cartridge assembly, comprising; a compressible, implantable cartridge layer assembly comprising; at least one fibrous layer, a film layer, and a polyglycolic acid material; and a compressible, implantable anvil layer assembly releasably secured to said anvil, wherein said anvil layer assembly comprises; at least one fibrous layer, a film layer, and a polyglycolic acid material.
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Specification