Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler end effector

US10166023B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael J. Vendely · Lebanon, US
• Trevor J. Barton · Cincinnati, US
• Jason L. Harris · Lebanon, US
• Charles J. Scheib · Loveland, US
• Emily A. Schellin · Cincinnati, US
• Prudence A. Turner · Independence, US
• Steven G. Hall · Cincinnati, US
• Victoria Dalessandro · Scotch Plains, US
• Jack Donners · Somerville, US
• Mark Timmer · Jersey City, US
• Rao S. Bezwada · Fryeburg, US
• Aidan Craigwood · Cambridge, GB
• Caroline Hagerman · Cambridge, GB
• Ashley Easter · Cambridge, GB
• Kathrin Holtzmann · Cambridge, GB
• Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
• Mark S. Zeiner · Milford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 1, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/081
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A buttress is applied to an end effector of a surgical stapler. The buttress is loaded on a platform of a buttress applier cartridge. The end effector is closed upon the platform. An adhesive layer of the buttress secures the buttress to the end effector. The buttress is thus adhered to the end effector when the end effector is opened. The end effector is then actuated on tissue of a patient, thereby stapling the buttress to the tissue.