Foam buttress for stapling apparatus

US6325810A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Leslie Hamilton · Ringoes, US
• Rao S. Bezwada · Fryeburg, US
• Mark B. Roller · New Brunswick, US
• Murty Vyakarnam · Bound Brook, US
• David A. Dalessandro · Scotch Plains, US
• Joel Rosenblatt · Palo Alto, US
• Ram L. Kataria · Hamilton Square, US
• Lowell Saferstein · Edison, US
• James F. Martin · Hondo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 1999
• Grant date: Dec 4, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/07214
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for achieving hemostasis and pneumostasis along a staple line by utilizing a compliant bioabsorbable foam buttress which may be attached to one jaw of a surgical stapling apparatus by a biocompatible releasable adhesive.