Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjunct materials and methods of using same in surgical methods for tissue sealing
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Application No.: US14300954Application Date: 2014-06-10
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Publication No.: US10172611B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , Jason L. Harris , Bret W. Smith
- Applicant: Ethicon LLC
- Applicant Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B17/08
- IPC: A61B17/08 ; A61D1/00 ; A61B17/064 ; A61B17/068 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/072 ; A61B17/115

Abstract:
Surgical methods involving cutting and sealing tissue include affixing a first adjunct material to tissue at a treatment site, such as by stapling the adjunct to tissue. A second adjunct material is applied to at least a portion of the first adjunct material such that the second adjunct material interacts with the first adjunct material to form a seal in an area of the tissue covered by at least one of the first and the second adjunct material. The resulting tissue sealing structure, which includes a combination of the two adjuncts, is believed to be superior to the sealing properties of either adjunct alone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150351758A1 ADJUNCT MATERIALS AND METHODS OF USING SAME IN SURGICAL METHODS FOR TISSUE SEALING Public/Granted day:2015-12-10
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