US 11,998,194 B2Granted

Surgical stapling assembly comprising an adjunct applicator

AssigneeCilag GmbH International

InventorsFrederick E. Shelton, IV, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jerome R. Morgan, Katherine J. Schmid

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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.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A surgical stapling assembly, comprising:

an end effector assembly, comprising:
a first jaw, comprising:
a longitudinal slot;
a first outer lateral edge;
and
a second outer lateral edge, wherein a first lateral jaw width transverse to said longitudinal slot is defined between said first outer lateral edge and said second outer lateral edge;
and
a second jaw, wherein one of said first jaw and said second jaw is movable relative to the other of said first jaw and said second jaw;
an implantable layer configured to be installed onto said first jaw, wherein said implantable layer comprises:
a first side comprising an adhesive;
a second side opposite said first side;
a third outer lateral edge;
a fourth outer lateral edge, wherein a lateral layer width is defined between said third outer lateral edge and said fourth outer lateral edge, and wherein said lateral layer width is narrower than said lateral jaw width;
and
an attachment zone between said third outer lateral edge and said fourth outer lateral edge;
and
an applicator assembly comprising an applicator body, wherein said implantable layer is releasably attached to said applicator body within said attachment zone by a fastener in contact with said implantable layer within said attachment zone to selectively apply a holding force to said implantable layer within said attachment zone.

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Facts

Application: 17/020,074Filed 14 Sep 2020 · continuation
Priority: 15 Feb 2008
Published: US 2021/0059662 A14 Mar 2021
Granted: 4 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification40 codes

A61B 17/068
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: surgical staplers , e.g. containing multiple staples or clamps
A61B 17/0643
Surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue: with separate closing member, e.g. for interlocking with staple
A61B 17/072
Surgical staplers , e.g. containing multiple staples or clamps: for applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied…
A61B 17/07207
For applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied simultaneously: the staples being applied sequentially

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Application12/032,002Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 15 Feb 2008
Application13/763,095Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Feb 2013
US 8,371,491 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 12 Feb 2013
Application14/549,956Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Nov 2014
US 9,770,245 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Sep 2017
US 2021/0059662 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Mar 2021
US 11,058,418 B2Parent of this continuation
Application13/763,095Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2009/0206143 A1Published application
US 2013/0161374 A1Published application
US 2015/0076212 A1Published application
US 11,998,194 B2This patent

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