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US 11,596,403 B2Granted
Surgical stapling device
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsSulaiman Hussaini, Gerald N. Hodgkinson, Daniel A. Schulz-Jander, Dwight G. Bronson
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Abstract
Surgical stapling devices have a surgical buttress attached to an anvil jaw member, a cartridge jaw member, or both. The surgical buttress possesses a therapeutic layer of a therapeutic agent in a pattern thereon. The pattern may reflect various concentrations of a therapeutic agent, different therapeutic agents, or both.
Claims21
A surgical stapling device, comprising:
- an end effector including an anvil assembly and a cartridge assembly pivotally coupled to one another, the anvil assembly and the cartridge assembly being relatively movable such that the end effector is movable between an open position and a clamped position;
- a first buttress attached to the anvil assembly, the first buttress having a therapeutic layer on a surface thereof including at least one therapeutic agent applied in a first pattern;
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- a second buttress attached to the cartridge assembly, the second buttress having a therapeutic layer on a surface thereof including at least one therapeutic agent applied in a second pattern.
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A surgical stapling device, comprising:
- an end effector including an anvil assembly and a cartridge assembly pivotally coupled to one another, the anvil assembly and the cartridge assembly being relatively movable such that the end effector is movable between an open position and a clamped position;
- a first buttress attached to the anvil assembly, the first buttress having a therapeutic layer on a surface thereof including at least one chemotherapy drug applied in a first pattern;
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- a second buttress attached to the cartridge assembly, the second buttress having a therapeutic layer on a surface thereof including at least one chemotherapy drug applied in a second pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.