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Surgical end effector having buttress retention features

US8371491B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

Thomas W. Huitema · Cincinnati, US
Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
Jeffrey S. Swayze · Hamilton, US
Jerome R. Morgan · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 15, 2008
Grant date	Feb 12, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 24, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2050/314
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A piece of buttress material and an end-effector of a surgical instrument including features which can aid a surgeon in properly and quickly attaching the piece of buttress material to the end-effector. In various embodiments, a piece of buttress material can include retention features which can be engaged with portions of an end-effector to releasably retain the piece of buttress material to at least a portion of the end-effector. Similarly, an end-effector can include features configured to engage portions of a piece of buttress material to releasably retain the piece of buttress material to the end-effector. In at least one embodiment, more than one piece of buttress material can be releasably retained to an end-effector.

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