Surgical multiple use adhesive applier

US7699191B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John W. Sheets, Jr. · Fort Worth, US
• Donna L. Korvick · Maineville, US
• Georgette A. Belair · Sharonville, US
• Mark S. Ortiz · Milford, US
• Wells D. Haberstich · Loveland, US
• Ronald J. Kolata · Raleigh, US
• Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
• James W. Voegele · Cincinnati, US
• Margaret D'Aversa · Whitehouse Station, US
• Michael T. Mather · Mason, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2006
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/037
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A multiple use adhesive dispenser facilitates precise, extended dispensing for a surgical procedure by sequentially positioning an ampoule containing a flowable material, such as a polymerizable monomer compound such as a cyanoacrylate adhesive. In one version particularly suited to an open surgical procedure, the ampoules are affixed to a tape substrate that is unreeled from an internal storage reel and transported proximate to an ampoule gripping mechanism with an underlying tape substrate peeled away and internally stored as each ampoule is positioned for dispensing. Actuating an ampoule advancement handle positions the next ampoule and squeezing a movable handle toward a fixed handle effects dispensing. Another version has an elongate shaft that internally augers each ampoule in succession into a pair of spaced jaws that are pinched together by actuating rods to dispense adhesive.