Covidien LP

Tyco Healthcare Group LP

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc.

Tyco Health Group LP

Michael J Bettuchi

Christopher J Criscuolo

David N Fowler

Frank J Viola

Ahmad Robert Hadba

Robert Capella

Kevin S Sniffin

Russell S Heinrich

Brian F Nentwick

Danyel Tarinelli

Gregory W Fischvogt

Earl M Zergiebel

John J Kennedy

William D'Agostino

Ralph Robert Corradi

John Hauschild

Leland Ray Adams

Frederick Timothy Karl

David S Cooke

Robert C Smith

Joshua Benjamin Stopek

Saumya Banerjee

Kristian J DiMatteo

Eric J Taylor

Steven L Bennett

Brian A Rockrohr

Timothy N Wells

Timothy Sargeant

Amin Elachchabi

Michael Lawrence Davis

Cormac O'Prey

Danyel Racenet

Arpan Desai

Ellen M Golds

Alistair Ian Fleming

Iain Ansell

Miles William Noel Hember

Danyel (Tarinelli) Racenet

Atu Agawu

Greg Okoniewski

Jack Kennedy

Jason Sullivan

Matthew S Ketterer

John Keller

Danyel J Tarinelli

Patrick D Mozdzierz

Gerald N Hodgkinson

Christopher P Penna

Peter Hathaway

Matthew D Cohen

Richard D Gresham

Kenneth Blier

Erik S Larson

Richard C Techiera

Robert Ahmad Hadba

Brain Rockrohr

Danyel J Tarinelli-Racenet

William L D'agostino

An apparatus for forming an anastomosis between adjacent intestinal sections of tissue includes an anastomosis device having an anvil and a tubular body portion, wherein the anvil is selectively attachable to the tubular body portion by a shaft; and a support structure for deposition between the intestinal sections of tissue. The support structure includes a body defining an aperture therein for receiving the shaft. The body has an outer terminal edge. The support structure includes at least one layer of expandable material disposed at the outer terminal edge of the body.

Support structures and methods of using the same

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for forming an anastomosis between adjacent sections of tissue is provided. The apparatus includes a body portion; an actuation assembly operatively supported at a proximal end of the body portion; an anvil assembly movably mounted at the distal end of the body portion for movement toward and away from the body portion; an approximation assembly extending between the body portion and the anvil assembly for moving the anvil toward and away from the tubular body portion; a dispersion assembly operatively associated with the approximation assembly, the dispersion assembly including at least one angled surface defining at least one channel interposed between the anvil assembly and the body portion and being configured to dispense a fluid therefrom; and at least one conduit for conducting wound treatment material to the dispersion assembly.

Surgical apparatus and structure for applying sprayable wound treatment material

A loading unit including interlock assembly for attaching the loading unit to a surgical stapling instrument is provided. The interlock assembly is formed on a proximal end of a shell member and includes a collar member pivotally secured to the shell member. The collar member selectively secures the shell member to the adapter assembly.

Interlock assembly for replaceable loading units

An assembly for joining tissue portions is provided and includes an anvil assembly and a body portion juxtaposed with respect to one another along a shaft and arranged so as to be approximated with respect to one another; and an applicator disposed between the body portion and anvil assembly and configured for retaining a wound treatment material therein. The applicator has channels arranged for dispensing the wound treatment material therefrom onto an interface between the tissue portions. A method of joining the tissue portions is also provided and includes the steps of dispensing the wound treatment material from the applicator so as to distribute wound treatment material onto an interface between a first tissue portion and a second tissue portion; and approximating the anvil assembly and the body portion to one another so that the first and second tissue portions are in contact with one another.

Annular adhesive structure

The present disclosure provides annular support structures for use in conjunction with stapling devices. These annular support structures may be suitable for reducing occurrences of leaking, bleeding and/or stricture, as well as anastomotic tension, when anastomosing various body structures.

Circular anastomosis structures

A seal element for sealing between tissue lumens includes a first material for allowing tissue ingrowth and a second sealant material.

Seal element for anastomosis

A surgical device includes a handle, an elongated tube extending distally from the handle, and a suction tip at a distal end portion of the elongated tube. The suction tip has a cavity formed therein. A cutting blade is positioned at least partially within the cavity and rotatable across the cavity to sever tissue, the cavity dimensioned to receive the severed tissue for removal from a patient's body.

Vacuum assisted surgical dissection tools

A surgical stapling apparatus is provided including a cartridge assembly defining a tissue contacting surface; an anvil assembly defining a tissue contacting surface; and a surgical buttress releasably secured to at least one of the tissue contacting surface of the cartridge assembly and the tissue contacting surface of the anvil assembly by at least one anchor. A loading unit is provided including a surgical buttress releasably secured to an anvil assembly and/or a staple cartridge secured thereto by at least one anchor, and a drive assembly including a knife blade, wherein movement of the drive assembly from a proximal position to a distal position results in the knife blade cutting the at least one anchor and freeing each surgical buttress from the anvil assembly and/or cartridge assembly.

Biocompatible wound closure devices including an elongate body and a plug member are useful for wound repair.

Wound closure device

A surgical system comprising a cannula assembly and an obturator assembly for penetrating tissue is disclosed. A cover of the cannula assembly is mounted to a cannula housing and has a cover aperture therethrough. The cover has a trailing end face defining a predetermined geometrical configuration, at least a portion of the trailing end face is obliquely arranged relative to a longitudinal axis and terminates in, and leads toward the cover aperture to facilitate guiding of the surgical object through the cover aperture. The obturator assembly includes an obturator housing and an obturator member. The obturator housing has a housing base defining a leading end face, which defines a predetermined geometrical configuration corresponding to the predetermined geometrical configuration of the trailing end face of the cover to mate therewith upon assembly of the obturator assembly with the cannula assembly.

Trocar assembly

A surgical stapling instrument is provided having systems for securing buttress material to the anvil and staple containing cartridge associated with the surgical instrument. The system includes a retainer configured to engage the anvil or the staple containing cartridge and capture the buttress material between the retainer and the anvil or staple containing cartridge. The disclose retainer engages the anvil or staple containing cartridge in snap fit or friction fit fashion. The buttress material includes a circumferential perforation line enabling the center of the buttress material to be stapled to tissue while the remainder of the buttress material remains with the anvil or staple containing cartridge.

Staple buttress retention system

A resorbable screw fastener and a method of firing with an applicator capable of applying a surgical fastener to tissue in order to form tissue connection to secure objects to tissue, the fastener including a body portion having a helical thread, a head portion disposed at the proximal end of the body portion. The resorbable screw fastener is 100% resorbed in vivo during a period of time ranging from about 14 days to about one year after implantation.

Surgical fastener with predetermined resorption rate

A surgical device comprising a handle, an elongated tube extending distally from the handle, and a suction tip at a distal end portion of the elongated tube. The suction tip has a cavity formed therein. A cutting blade is positioned at least partially within the cavity and rotatable across the cavity to sever tissue, the cavity dimensioned to receive the severed tissue for removal from a patient's body.

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Madison, CT, United States of America

Michael J Bettuchi