Surgical Brace Device for Stapled Tissue

A surgical brace device for deployment across a line of stapled tissue of a bodily organ surgically stapled and cut forming a cut edge and an interface of stapled tissue, and having an undisturbed tissue adjacent to said line of stapled tissue opposite said cut edge comprising:

• a first splint member and a second splint member, each comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, and each having a first end and a second end, and configured to be disposed on either side of said line of stapled tissue;
• a first elongate member of a predetermined columnar strength, disposed adjacent to said cut edge outwardly from said line of stapled tissue, and interconnecting said first splint member and said second splint member and fixedly joined with said first ends of said first splint member and said second splint member;
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• a second elongate member of a predetermined tensile strength, configured to traverse the tissue of said bodily organ disposed in said undisturbed tissue of said bodily organ at a predetermined distance from said first elongate member to interconnect and keep said first splint member and said second splint member from spreading apart, and anchor said surgical brace device to said bodily organ;
• wherein said proximal portion of said first splint member and said second splint member is configured in such a way and constructed out of material that provides a predetermined rigidity thereto, and said distal portion of said first splint member and said second splint member is configured in such a way and constructed out of material that provides a predetermined rigidity profile and a predetermined resilience profile thereto substantially in the direction perpendicular to said interface of stapled tissue;
• wherein said first splint member and said second splint member is configured to cantilever from said first elongate member;
• wherein said first splint member and said second splint member is dimensioned to span substantially the full width of said line of stapled tissue and a predetermined portion of said undisturbed tissue of said bodily organ.

A surgical brace device for deployment across a line of stapled tissue of a bodily organ surgically stapled and cut forming a cut edge, and having an undisturbed tissue adjacent to said line of stapled tissue opposite said cut edge comprising:

• a wire form comprising a first splint member portion and a second splint member portion having predetermined shapes conforming to contours of predetermined surfaces, and configured to be disposed on either side of said line of stapled tissue and the undisturbed tissue of said bodily organ adjacent thereto in opposite positional relationship with each other, and at least one strut member portion disposed between and interconnecting said first splint member portion and said second splint member portion cantilevering therefrom;
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• at least one tie member configured to traverse the tissue of said bodily organ to interconnect and keep said first splint member portion and said second splint member portion from spreading apart, and disposed at a predetermined distance from said at least one strut member portion anchoring said surgical brace device to said bodily organ;
• wherein said first splint member portion and said second splint member portion are dimensioned to span the full width of said line of stapled tissue and a predetermined portion of said undisturbed tissue of said bodily organ.