Device for attachment of buttress material to a surgical fastening device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6656193
APP PUB NO 20020165563A1
SERIAL NO

09850374

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An assembly for releasably attaching a buttress material onto a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device is disclosed. The assembly has a substantially rigid frame for connecting to a top surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon. A buttress material is attached to first and second sides of the frame for abutting against a bottom surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon.

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ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC4545 CREEK ROAD CINCINNATI OH 45242

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Garner, Dean L Cincinnati, OH 10 6275
Grant, Richard L Cincinnati, OH 21 23629
Hueil, Geoff Mason, OH 1 2472
Wales, Kenneth Mason, OH 2 5847
Zeiner, Mark S Batavia, OH 269 83922

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