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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2018
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Gerald Hodgkinson, Guilford, CT (US);
David Racenet, Killingworth, CT (US);
Michael Soltz, Fairfield, CT (US);
Joseph Taylor, Newtown, CT (US);
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A system for loading a surgical buttress with a radioactive material includes a surgical buttress, a radioactive material delivery instrument, and a radioactive material. The surgical buttress includes a body portion defining a first width when in a pre-loaded configuration and a second width when in a loaded configuration. The radioactive material delivery instrument includes an elongate body extending from a handle assembly. The elongate body defines a lumen therethrough and has an open distal end. The radioactive material is disposed within the lumen of the elongate body of the radioactive material delivery instrument.