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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);
Michael J. Vendely, Lebanon, OH (US);
Prudence Vulhop, Cincinnati, OH (US);
CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL, Zug, CH;
Abstract
Various buttress loaders are provided for cleaning and affixing one or more buttresses to an end effector of a surgical stapler. In an exemplary embodiment, a buttress loader can be configured to clean at least one tissue-engaging surface of an end effector on a surgical stapler, and the buttress loader can be configured to attach a buttress to the at least one tissue-engaging surface of the end effector. For example, a buttress loader can have two slots configured to receive the end effector therein. One slot can be configured to clean the end effector, and the other slot can be configured to attach the buttress to the end effector.