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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:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2011
Applicant:
Seth S. Gleiman, Branford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Seth S. Gleiman, Branford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/07292 (2013.01); A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00889 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00951 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a jaw assembly including a pair of jaw members and a surgical buttress positioned adjacent a tissue contacting surface of at least one of the pair of jaw members. The surgical buttress includes a hemostatic agent and is configured to release the hemostatic agent therefrom upon actuation of the surgical stapling apparatus to approximate the pair of jaw members and exert a pressure on the surgical buttress.
Published as:
US2012187179A1; CA2761474A1; EP2481359A1; AU2011253976A1; AU2011253976B2; US9084602B2; EP2481359B1; ES2813429T3;