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Surgical apparatus including surgical buttress

US10485540B2 · kind B2 · utility

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317References

7Claims

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Assignee

Covidien LP · US

Inventors

Gerald Hodgkinson · Guilford, US
Timothy D. Ebner · Southington, US
Peter Hathaway · Lebanon, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 9, 2017
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An end effector for a surgical stapling apparatus is provided which includes an anvil assembly and a surgical buttress. The anvil assembly includes an anvil body and an anvil plate. The anvil plate includes a bottom surface that defines a plurality of staple forming pockets. The anvil body and the anvil plate are selectively connectable. The surgical buttress includes a buttress body and a plurality of arms extending from the body. The arms are disposable between a top surface of the anvil plate and a bottom surface of the anvil body to support the buttress body against the bottom surface of the anvil plate when the anvil plate and the anvil body are connected to one another.

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