A surgical stapling device that comprises an end effector. According to various embodiments, the end effector comprises a circular anvil having a staple forming surface and a plurality of staples facing the staple forming surface of the anvil. The end effector also comprises a staple driver assembly comprising a plurality of staple drivers. Each staple driver supports one of the plurality of staples and is configured such that, when the staple driver assembly is actuated, each staple driver drives the staple into the staple forming surface of the anvil. A first quantity of the plurality of staple drivers has a first height and a second quantity of the plurality of staple drivers has a second height, wherein the first height is less than the second height.

Surgical stapling devices that produce formed staples having different lengths

The present invention relates to compositions including peroxyacetic acid and peroxyoctanoic acid and methods for reducing microbial contamination on poultry. The methods include the step of applying a mixed peroxycarboxylic acid composition to poultry.

Method and composition for washing poultry during processing

Described is a method of sanitizing animal carcasses using aqueous streams having an antimicrobial composition added to the stream. Preferably, the antimicrobial composition includes a mixture of one or more carboxylic acids having up to 18 carbon atoms and one or more peroxycarboxylic acids having up to 12 carbon atoms, preferably a mixture of a C 2 -C 4 peroxycarboxylic acid and a C 8 -C 12 peroxycarboxylic acid. Also described is a novel antimicrobial composition adapted for sanitizing animal carcasses containing a mixture of one or more C 2 -C 4 peroxycarboxylic acids and one or more C 8 -C 12 peroxycarboxylic acids and an alpha-hydroxy mono- or dicarboxylic acid.

Treatment of animal carcasses

Both a process and a method of using peracid compositions, especially mixed peracid systems, to treat field or greenhouse grown plant tissue, seeds, fruits, and growing media and containers. The peracid can lower the natural, plant pathogen and human pathogenic microbial load resulting in less waste to molding, spoilage, and destruction because of pathogenic poisons.

Peroxy acid treatment to control pathogenic organisms on growing plants

The present invention relates to compositions including medium chain peroxycarboxylic acid, methods for making these compositions, and methods for reducing the population of a microorganism. The compositions can include advantageously high levels of the medium chain peroxycarboxylic acid, can be readily made, and/or can exhibit reduced odor.

Medium chain peroxycarboxylic acid compositions

Storage-stable aqueous suspensions of organic peracids containing 1 to 50 % by weight of a surfactant mixture consisting of 1 to 4 parts by weight of a C8-C22-fatty alcohol, oxyethylated with 1 to 5 units of ethylene oxide, and 4 to 1 parts by weight of a C8-C22-fatty alcohol, oxyethylated with 6 to 25 units of ethylene oxide, and optionally in addition other conventional components. It is possible owing to the use of two different surfactants to adjust very different viscosity levels in these suspensions, from low viscosity to pasty formulations.

Aqueous suspensions of peroxycarboxylic acids

Bleach composition comprising one or more bleaching agents and one or more polyoxometallates of the formula: (Q)q(A a X x M m O y Z z(H2O)b).cndot.cH2O as bleaching catalyst, the symbols Q, A, X, M, Z, q, a, x, m, y, z, b and c being as defined in the description. These polyoxometallates increase the bleaching activity, especially at lower washing temperatures.

Bleaching composition comprising polyoxometallates as bleaching catalyst

A bleach compsn contains: (a) a bleaching agent; and (b) a polyoxymetallate as bleach catalyst

Bleaching composition comprising polyoxometalates bleach catalyst

Bleichmittelzusammensetzung enthaltend ein oder mehrere Bleichmittel und einen oder mehrere Polyoxometallate der Formel 
        (Q) q (A a X x M m O y Z z (H 2 O) b ·cH 2 O 
als Bleichkatalysator, wobei die Symbole Q, A, X, M, Z, q, a, x, m, y, z, b und c die in der Beschreibung genannten Bedeutung haben.

Friderichs Vera

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Aqueous suspensions of peroxycarboxylic acids

Bleaching composition comprising polyoxometallates as bleaching catalyst

Bleaching composition comprising polyoxometalates bleach catalyst

Bleichmittelzusammensetzung enthaltend Polyoxometallate als Bleichmittelkatalysator