US 12,256,927 B1
Implantable adjunct to assure full cutting
Mark Zeiner, Loveland, OH (US); Omar McGiveron, Cincinnati, OH (US); Michael J. Vendely, Lebanon, OH (US); Sarah Scully, Cincinnati, OH (US); John Schulte, Cincinnati, OH (US); Madelaine Franzoni, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Brody Frost, Fairfield, OH (US)
Assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL, Zug (CH)
Filed by CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL, Zug (CH)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/395,133.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/072 (2013.01) [A61B 17/07292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0725 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A staple cartridge, comprising:
an elongate body, the elongate body comprising a deck, the elongate body defining a plurality of staple pockets, each of the staple pockets accessible via an opening defined by the deck; and
an implantable adjunct disposed on the deck of the elongate body comprising a distal end, a proximal end, and a knife slot positioned along a longitudinal axis of the implantable adjunct;
wherein the knife slot comprises a plurality of slits defining a perforation in the implantable adjunct and a transverse cut transversely intersecting a distal most slit of the plurality of slits at a proximal end of the distal most slit of the knife slot.