Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical stapling instruments structured for delivery of medical agents
- Patent Title (中): 结构化用于医疗代理的手术吻合器械
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Application No.: US11267811Application Date: 2005-11-04
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Publication No.: US07673783B2Publication Date: 2010-03-09
- Inventor: Jerome R. Morgan , Frederick E. Shelton, IV
- Applicant: Jerome R. Morgan , Frederick E. Shelton, IV
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Main IPC: A61B17/072
- IPC: A61B17/072

Abstract:
A medical agent dispensing system can be provided that may be structured for use with a surgical severing/stapling instrument that is designed for severing and stapling tissue. The dispensing system may include at least one storage reservoir structured for storing at least a component of a medical agent; a gear pump casing in communication with the storage reservoir; a screw pump auger positioned within the gear pump casing capable of rotational manipulation to move the medical agent through the gear pump casing; and, at least one agent tube in communication with the gear pump casing. The agent tube may be structured for communication with a least one agent port formed in a staple cartridge of the surgical instrument for dispensing the medical agent therethrough.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070102453A1 Surgical stapling instruments structured for delivery of medical agents Public/Granted day:2007-05-10
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