Patent ID: 11957338
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 9:
10. An adjunct for use with a surgical stapler, comprising:
a non-fibrous adjunct formed of at least one fused bioabsorbable polymer and configured to be releasably retained on a staple cartridge such that the non-fibrous adjunct can be attached to tissue by a plurality of staples in the staple cartridge, the non-fibrous adjunct being formed of unit cells that are interconnected such that a lumen is formed between adjacent unit cells to thereby create channels therebetween such that a continuous network of channels are present within the non-fibrous adjunct to allow one or more fluids to enter and transfer throughout the non-fibrous adjunct when the non-fibrous adjunct is in a tissue deployed state;
wherein the non-fibrous adjunct, while under an applied stress in a range of 30 kPa to 90 kPa, is configured to undergo a strain in a range of 0.1 to 0.9.