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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard L. Grant, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark S. Zeiner, Batavia, OH (US);
Geoff Hueil, Mason, OH (US);
Kenneth Wales, Mason, OH (US);
Dean L. Garner, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
Abstract
An assembly for releasably attaching a buttress material onto a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device is disclosed. The assembly has a substantially rigid frame for connecting to a top surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon. A buttress material is attached to first and second sides of the frame for abutting against a bottom surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon.
Published as:
US2002165563A1; CA2384900A1; CA2384950A1; US2002165562A1; EP1256317A2; EP1256318A1; AU3433302A; AU3435802A; CN1383788A; JP2002369820A; CN1386477A; JP2003000603A; EP1256317A3; US6592597B2; US6656193B2; MXPA02004507A; MXPA02004509A; EP1256318B1; DE60203024D1; ES2236446T3; DE60203024T2; AU784619B2; AU785035B2; EP1256317B1; CN1294883C; DE60217008D1; CN1301685C; EP1759640A2; EP1759640A3; DE60217008T2; ES2278875T3; EP1759640B1; DE60230460D1; JP4226267B2; JP4248803B2; ES2318657T3; CA2384900C;