TISSUE THICKNESS COMPENSATORS FOR CIRCULAR SURGICAL STAPLERS

TISSUE THICKNESS COMPENSATORS FOR CIRCULAR SURGICAL STAPLERS

Tissue thickness compensators for use with circular surgical staplers. Various tissue thickness compensators are disclosed for deployment between a stapler head of a surgical circular stapler and an anvil attached thereto to accommodate variances in tissue thickness during stapling. Some tissue thic...

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Hauptverfasser: MUTCHLER, Stephanie A, CROPPER, Michael S, SCHMID, Katherine J, HENDERSON, Cortney E, MEASAMER, John P, MILLER, Christopher C, ALEXANDER, III, Johnny H, SMITH, Bret W, SHELTON, IV, Frederick E
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:Tissue thickness compensators for use with circular surgical staplers. Various tissue thickness compensators are disclosed for deployment between a stapler head of a surgical circular stapler and an anvil attached thereto to accommodate variances in tissue thickness during stapling. Some tissue thickness compensator arrangements include means and configurations for deploying healing agents for enhancing the healing process.