Buttress assembly for use with surgical stapling device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10786255
APP PUB NO 20150327864A1
SERIAL NO

14808187

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An apparatus for joining two hollow organ sections includes a staple cartridge component, an anvil component, a knife member, a buttress mount and a buttress member. The staple cartridge component includes a plurality of surgical staples in an annular array. The anvil component is movable relative to the staple cartridge component between spaced apart and approximated positions to adjustably clamp tissue. The knife member is movable relative to the staple cartridge component. The buttress mount is concentrically disposed at least partially within the lumen of the knife member. The buttress mount includes a plurality of spokes radially extending outward and a plurality of legs detachably secured with an inner wall of the knife member. The buttress member is secured with the plurality of spokes of the buttress mount. The buttress member is concentrically aligned with the plurality of surgical staples.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carter, Sally Nashua, US 38 11496
Casasanta, Thomas Kensington, US 11 1940
Hislop, Arthur Plantsville, US 8 3885
Hodgkinson, Gerald Guilford, US 65 17728
Scirica, Paul Huntington, US 91 29000
Stevenson, Richard Colchester, US 28 7544

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