Patent ID: 11918220
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A staple cartridge for stapling the tissue of a patient, comprising:
a cartridge body, wherein staple cavities are defined in said cartridge body;
staples removably positioned in said staple cavities;
a firing member movable through a longitudinal progressive firing motion; and
an adjunct releasably secured relative to said cartridge body, wherein said adjunct comprises a plurality of layers, and wherein said plurality of layers comprises:
a tissue-facing layer;
a body layer, wherein a plurality of channels are defined in said body layer; and
predefined openings defined in said adjunct, wherein said predefined openings extend entirely through said tissue-facing layer to said body layer.