Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices for sealing staples in tissue
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Application No.: US14300817Application Date: 2014-06-10
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Publication No.: US09913646B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV
- Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- 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: A61B17/10
- IPC: A61B17/10 ; A61B17/068 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/064 ; A61B17/072 ; A61B17/115 ; A61B17/11 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
Devices and methods for forming an anastomosis between two body lumens are described herein. In one embodiment, an anastomosis can be formed by transecting a body lumen using a linear surgical stapler that delivers a plurality of sealing adjuncts in combination with a plurality of surgical staples along a staple line, where the plurality of sealing adjuncts are coupled to one another by a suture. A circular surgical stapler can be used to create an anastomosis with a second body lumen across the staple line. Before actuating the circular stapler, the proximal and distal ends of the staple line can be drawn into a central lumen of the circular stapler using the suture extending between the plurality of sealing adjuncts such that the staple line is resected when the circular stapler is actuated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150351764A1 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SEALING STAPLES IN TISSUE Public/Granted day:2015-12-10
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