Buttress film with hemostatic action for surgical stapling apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9084602
APP PUB NO 20120187179A1
SERIAL NO

13013977

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A surgical stapling apparatus includes a jaw assembly including a pair of jaw members and a surgical buttress positioned adjacent a tissue contacting surface of at least one of the pair of jaw members. The surgical buttress includes a hemostatic agent and is configured to release the hemostatic agent therefrom upon actuation of the surgical stapling apparatus to approximate the pair of jaw members and exert a pressure on the surgical buttress.

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  • COVIDIEN LP

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Gleiman, Seth S Branford, US 8 2274

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