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

Claim 5:
6. 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 implantable layer releasably secured relative to said cartridge body, wherein said implantable layer comprises:
a first layer;
a second layer, wherein a matrix of channels are defined in said second layer; and
predefined concave indentations defined in said implantable layer, wherein said predefined concave indentations extend through said first layer to said second layer, and wherein at least one said predefined concave indentation is positioned and oriented to intersect and fluidically couple to at least one channel in said matrix of channels.