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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2020
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Olesea Diaz-Chiosa, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly that has a staple cartridge that includes a perfluorocarbon (hereinafter 'PFC') solution that is injected into tissue when the surgical stapling device is fired to improve oxygenation of tissue being treated. In aspects of the disclosure, the tool assembly of the surgical stapling device includes a staple cartridge that has staples that are supported on pushers and an actuation sled that is movable through the staple cartridge into engagement with the pushers to eject staples from the staple cartridge. In certain aspects of the disclosure, the PFC solution is contained within the pushers of a staple cartridge of the tool assembly and the actuation sled includes protrusions that engage the pushers to eject the PFC solution from the pushers when the stapling device is fired.