Patents by Inventor Pamela M. Attenweiler

Pamela M. Attenweiler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tissue thickness compensator having improved visibility
    Patent number: 9198662
    Abstract: A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapler. The assembly has a cartridge body having a support portion with a plurality of staple cavities with openings. There is also a plurality of staples, wherein at least a portion of each the staple is removably stored within a the staple cavity. Each the staple is movable between an unfired position and a fired position, and is deformable between an unfired configuration and a fired configuration. The assembly also includes a compressible tissue thickness compensator configured to be captured within the staples. The compressible tissue thickness compensator at least partially covers the staple cavity openings. The compressed tissue thickness compensator is configured to assume different compressed heights within different the staples. The compressible tissue thickness compensator includes a visualization indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor J. Barton, Michael J. Vendely, Stephen M. Torain, John V. Hunt, Geoffrey C. Hueil, Jacqueline A. Anim, Pamela M. Attenweiler, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Richard L. Leimbach, Donna L. Korvick, Joshua R. Uth, Samardh Onukuri
  • TISSUE THICKNESS COMPENSATOR HAVING IMPROVED VISIBILITY
    Publication number: 20130256376
    Abstract: A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapler. The assembly has a cartridge body having a support portion with a plurality of staple cavities with openings. There is also a plurality of staples, wherein at least a portion of each the staple is removably stored within a the staple cavity. Each the staple is movable between an unfired position and a fired position, and is deformable between an unfired configuration and a fired configuration. The assembly also includes a compressible tissue thickness compensator configured to be captured within the staples. The compressible tissue thickness compensator at least partially covers the staple cavity openings. The compressed tissue thickness compensator is configured to assume different compressed heights within different the staples. The compressible tissue thickness compensator includes a visualization means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: TREVOR J. BARTON, Michael J. Vendely, Stephen M. Torain, John V. Hunt, Geoffrey C. Hueil, Jacqueline A. Anim, Pamela M. Attenweiler, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Richard L. Leimbach, Donna L. Korvick, Joshua R. Uth, Samardh Onukuri