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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Frank J. Viola, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Christopher J. Criscuolo, Branford, CT (US);
David Fowler, Cheshire, CT (US);
Michael J. Bettuchi, Madison, CT (US);
Danyel (Tarinelli) Racenet, Killingworth, CT (US);
Robert Capella, Redding, CT (US);
Kevin Sniffin, Roxbury, CT (US);
Ahmad Hadba, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
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.