Anastomotic stapling reinforcing buttress and methods of deployment
US10918388B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 23, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/1132
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to surgical instruments and methods for enhancing properties of tissue repaired or joined by surgical staples and, more particularly to surgical instruments and methods designed to enhance the properties of repaired or adjoined tissue at a target surgical site, especially when sealing an anastomosis between adjacent intestinal sections so as to improve tissue viability, prevent tissue infection, and to prevent leakage.
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