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AssigneeBio-Vascular, Inc.
InventorsJoel Cooper, Sally L. Winegar-Hentges, Robert P. Nelson, Kemal Schankereli, Kristine M. Teich
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A prosthetic article for surgical implantation within the body of a host in a surgical stapling procedure comprises a strip of host-tissue-compatible animal tissue material that is initially removably affixed between the spaced-apart legs a U-shaped buttress member to create a tubular configuration that can readily slip over the jaws of a conventional surgical stapler. When the staple gun is fired, the staples penetrate through the strips of animal tissue and the host tissue and thus serve to reinforce the staple line. Because the buttress member is releasibly attached to the strip of animal tissue, the buttress member can be readily separated and discarded following the firing of a staple gun.
In combination with a surgical staple gun used for joining and closing the margins of severed tissue, the staple gun having a staple cartridge support jaw for holding a staple cartridge containing a plurality of staples arranged in a plurality of rows for substantially simultaneous ejection against an anvil jaw when the staple gun is fired through the severed tissue to be closed, the staple gun further including tissue cutting means reciprocally movable in one of the cartridge support jaw and anvil jaw:
In combination with a surgical staple gun used for joining and closing the margins of severed tissue, the staple gun having a staple cartridge support jaw for holding a staple cartridge containing a plurality of staples arranged in a plurality of rows for substantially simultaneous ejection against an anvil jaw when the staple gun is fired through the severed tissue to be closed, the staple gun further including tissue cutting means reciprocally movable in one of the cartridge support jaw and anvil jaw:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.