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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2018
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Michael J. Vendely, Lebanon, OH (US);
Trevor J. Barton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David T. Krumanaker, 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);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A surgical system and related methods includes a buttress applier cartridge, a first buttress assembly, and a second buttress assembly. The buttress applier cartridge has a housing and a platform. The first and second buttress assemblies respectively includes first and second buttresses and first and second adhesive layers thereon. The first adhesive layer is parallel to the first buttress and defines a first adhesive pattern having a first outer adhesive profile. The second adhesive layer is parallel to the second buttress and defines a second adhesive pattern having a second outer adhesive profile. The exposed second outer adhesive profile in the transverse direction is the same as the exposed first outer adhesive profile in an opposite transverse direction such that the first and second buttress assemblies are interchangeable with the first and second portions of the end effector of the surgical instrument.