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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2011
Brian W. Bear, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thu Anh Le, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Thomas W. Lytle, Iv, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark D. Overmyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Setser, Burlington, KY (US);
Bret W. Smith, Kings Mills, OH (US);
Joseph Zavatsky, Flemington, NJ (US);
Kreena Modi, Akron, OH (US);
Brian W. Bear, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thu Anh Le, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Thomas W. Lytle, IV, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark D. Overmyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Setser, Burlington, KY (US);
Bret W. Smith, Kings Mills, OH (US);
Joseph Zavatsky, Flemington, NJ (US);
Kreena Modi, Akron, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A modular end effector delivers a therapeutic agent onto tissue that has been severed and/or stapled. The end effector is removably attached to a device. The device applies force to a piston of the end effector. The force causes a distal movement of a piston along a wall disposed within the end effector. The piston engages with agents stored on opposite sides of the wall, moving the agents distally to a mixture space. The agents are mixed in the mixture space and expelled through a tip. Staples may be embedded in or disposed below a foam block, which is disposed within a staple cartridge. Via an endoscopic stapling device, coated staples are driven through tissue while interacting with another agent on the device or the cartridge. The interaction forms a tissue restoring material that is applied onto the tissue.