Device for attachment of buttress material to a surgical fastening device
AssigneeEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
InventorsRichard L. Grant, Mark S. Zeiner, Geoff Hueil, Kenneth Wales, Dean L. Garner
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Abstract
An assembly for releasably attaching a buttress material onto a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device is disclosed. The assembly has a substantially rigid frame for connecting to a top surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon. A buttress material is attached to first and second sides of the frame for abutting against a bottom surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon.
Claims15
An assembly for releasably attaching a buttress material onto a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device, said assembly comprising:
- a. a substantially rigid frame for connecting to a top surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when said assembly is disposed thereon;
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- b. a buttress material attached to first and second sides of said frame such that said assembly forms a tubular shape with a hollow lumen extending therethrough, said buttress material for abutting against a bottom surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when said assembly is disposed thereon.
A surgical stapling instrument for clamping and stapling tissue comprising:
- a. a handle, first and a second opposed tissue clamping members connected to said handle and movable between an open position, for receiving tissue therebetween, and a closed position for stapling tissue therebetween, said first clamping member housing a plurality of staples;
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- b. an assembly releasably attached to at least one of said first and second clamping members, said assembly comprising a substantially rigid frame connected to a top surface of said at least one tissue clamping member, and a buttress material attached to first and second sides of said frame, said buttress material abutting against a bottom surface of said at least one tissue clamping member.
A surgical stapling instrument for clamping and stapling tissue comprising:
- a. a handle, first and a second opposed tissue clamping members connected to said handle and movable between an open position, for receiving tissue therebetween, and a closed position for stapling tissue therebetween, said first clamping member housing a plurality of staples;
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- b. an assembly releasably attached to said second clamping member, said assembly comprising a substantially rigid frame connected to a top surface of said second tissue clamping member, and a buttress material attached to first and second sides of said frame such that said assembly forms a tubular shape with a hollow lumen extending therethrough when said assembly is not attached to said at least one clamping member, said buttress material abutting against a bottom surface of said second tissue clamping member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.