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Patent No.:

US 9924946 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2014

Devices and methods for sealing staples in tissue

Applicant:

Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Inventors:

Michael J. Vendely, Lebanon, OH (US);

Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);

Bret W. Smith, Kings Mills, OH (US);

Gregory Bakos, Mason, OH (US);

Simon Cohn, Lebanon, NJ (US);

Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH (US);

John Matonick, Warren, NJ (US);

Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Attorney:

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

David Walczak

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); B05C 11/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); B05C 17/005 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2013.01); A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 17/0644 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/07292 (2013.01); A61B 17/105 (2013.01); A61B 17/1114 (2013.01); A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00495 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1132 (2013.01); B05C 17/005 (2013.01); B05C 17/00503 (2013.01); B05C 17/00516 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices and methods for applying sealants to surgical instruments. In one embodiment, a surgical device is described that can include at least one nozzle formed at a proximal end of the device that is configured to receive a sealant, as well as an applicator formed at a distal end of the device that is configured to deliver the sealant received by the at least one nozzle. The applicator can be configured to interface with at least one of a first and second jaw of a surgical stapler such that the sealant delivered from the applicator can be deposited into a plurality of openings formed in the surgical stapler.

Published as:
US2015351760A1; US2015351762A1; US2015351763A1; US2015351764A1; EP2954851A2; EP2954852A1; EP2954853A1; EP2954856A1; WO2015191187A1; WO2015191217A1; WO2015191218A2; WO2015191228A1; EP2954851A3; WO2015191218A3; WO2015191218A8; CN106659500A; JP2017517341A; BR112016028866A2; EP2954851B1; US9913646B2; US9924946B2; US9936954B2; EP2954856B1; EP2954856B8; EP2954852B1; US10390828B2; JP6580604B2; CN106659500B; BR112016028866B1;

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