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

Claim 0:
1. 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 a plurality of repeating interconnected unit cells with hollow interconnections formed therebetween;
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.