Medical devices and methods useful for applying bolster material

US8920443B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cook Biotech Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Michael C. Hiles · Lafayette, US
• Umesh H. Patel · West Lafayette, US
• Bhavin Shah · Lowell, US
• Chad S. McAlexander · Warsaw, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 2005
• Grant date: Dec 30, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 30, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

Described are medical devices useful for applying a bolster material to a surgical fastening device such as a stapler, and related methods of manufacture and use. The devices include an applicator element for receipt between arms of the stapler, and a bolster material, desirably a remodelable extracellular matrix material, coupled to the applicator element. In certain embodiments, the bolster material is held by the applicator element, for example having at least a portion looped around or received through or over a portion of the applicator element. Also described are unique implantable materials including coatings of dried, reversible adhesive.