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US 11,992,216 B2Granted
Surgical stapler with end effector coating
AssigneeCilag GmbH International
InventorsThomas W. Huitema, Xintian Ming, Tamara S. Widenhouse, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for promoting wound healing. In general, surgical staplers and stapler components are provided having a coating thereon that is configured to selectively control an interaction between at least one matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor and an outer surface of the stapler or stapler component.
Claims17
A staple assembly, comprising:
- a surgical stapler;
- a staple cartridge loadable into the surgical stapler, the staple cartridge containing a plurality of staples each configured to be actuated by the surgical stapler to be implanted into tissue;
- an absorbable polymer selectively applied to a first portion of each of the staples in the plurality of staples;
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- a lubricant selectively applied to a second portion of each of the staples in the plurality of staples.
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A staple cartridge for use with surgical staplers, comprising:
- a staple cartridge housing loadable into a surgical stapler;
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- a plurality of staples contained within the staple cartridge housing and configured to be individually actuated to be driven into tissue, each of the staples in the plurality of staples including a staple body, a first coating selectively applied to a first portion of the staple body, and a second coating selectively applied to a second portion of the staple body, wherein the first coating comprises an absorbable polymer and the second coating comprises a lubricant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.