Cartridge assembly having a buttressing member

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8973804
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14217641

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A staple cartridge assembly includes a cartridge body. The cartridge body includes a deck and a plurality of staples deployable into tissue. The staple cartridge assembly also includes a buttressing member removably attached to the deck and a firing member movable relative to the cartridge body during a firing stroke to deploy the plurality of staples into the tissue, wherein the buttressing member is completely removed from the deck as a result of the firing stroke.

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  • ETHICON LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hess, Christopher J Cincinnati, US 253 111543
Morgan, Jerome R Cincinnati, US 714 538953
Shelton,, IV Frederick E Hillsboro, US 3145 1563011
Uth, Joshua R Mason, US 47 39033
Voegele, James W Cincinnati, US 153 49936
Weisenburgh,, II William B Maineville, US 286 155883

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