Buttress material for a surgical stapling instrument
摘要
A piece of buttress material (36) and an end-effector of a surgical instrument including features which can aid a surgeon in properly and quickly attaching the piece of buttress material (36) to the end-effector. In various embodiments, a piece of buttress material (36) can include retention features (44) which can be engaged with portions of an end-effector to releasably retain the piece of buttress material (36) to at least a portion of the end-effector. Similarly, an end-effector can include features (46) configured to engage portions of a piece of buttress material (36) to releasably retain the piece of buttress material (36) to the end-effector. In at least one embodiment, more than one piece of buttress material can be releasably retained to an end-effector.
申请公布号
EP2090242(A3)
申请公布日期
2009.10.07
申请号
EP20090250377
申请日期
2009.02.13
申请人
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
发明人
HUITEMA, THOMAS W.;SHELTON, FREDERICK E., IV;SWAYZE, JEFFREY S.;SIEBENALER, DOUGLAS J.