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US 11,446,015 B2Granted
Specimen retrieval bag
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsSabastian Koduthully George, Sridharan Varadhan
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a specimen retrieval bag or a kit including a specimen retrieval bag for use in removing tissue from the body of a patient, in aspects, as part of a minimally invasive surgical procedure. The specimen retrieval bag includes a buttress material affixed to at least a portion of an opening of the specimen retrieval bag.
Claims20
A specimen retrieval bag for collecting tissue comprising:
- a body defining a cavity and having an open end in communication with the cavity;
- and
- a buttress material through which staples are fired into tissue, the buttress material being affixed to at least a portion of the open end,
- wherein in operation of the specimen retrieval bag the staples are fired through the buttress material into the tissue.
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A specimen retrieval bag for collecting tissue comprising:
- a body formed of an inner layer and an outer layer adjacent the inner layer, the body defining a cavity having an open end in communication with the cavity;
- and
- a buttress material through which staples are fired into tissue, the buttress material being affixed to at least a portion of the inner layer adjacent the open end,
- wherein in operation of the specimen retrieval bag the staples are fired through the buttress material into the tissue.
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A kit comprising:
- a surgical stapler;
- and
- a specimen retrieval bag for collecting tissue, the specimen retrieval bag including a body defining a cavity and having an open end in communication with the cavity and a buttress material through which staples are fired into tissue, the buttress material being affixed to at least a portion of the open end,
- wherein in operation of the specimen retrieval bag the staples are fired through the buttress material into the tissue.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.