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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2018
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Omar Z. McGiveron, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Pamela M. Ridgley, Lebanon, OH (US);
Emily A. Schellin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rebecca Spatholt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Heather Strang, West Chester, OH (US);
Michael J. Vendely, Lebanon, OH (US);
Jordan B. Wong, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A buttress assembly for use with a surgical stapled site has a buttress and an adhesive on one side of the buttress. The adhesive on the buttress is applied in a pattern where the adhesive extends near or along the edges of the buttress while a center region of the buttress remains relatively free of adhesive. The adhesive is applied such that it extends continuously along the buttress and has a height such that the adhesive creates a sealing attachment with an end effector. The adhesive can be applied in an uneven distribution such that there is more adhesive applied at one end of the buttress than the other. The adhesive can also be applied in a symmetric or asymmetric distribution about a longitudinal axis of the buttress.