Device for applying adjunct in endoscopic procedure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9492170
APP PUB NO 20130037596A1
SERIAL NO

13206752

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A modular end effector delivers a therapeutic agent onto tissue that has been severed and/or stapled. The end effector is removably attached to a device. The device applies force to a piston of the end effector. The force causes a distal movement of a piston along a wall disposed within the end effector. The piston engages with agents stored on opposite sides of the wall, moving the agents distally to a mixture space. The agents are mixed in the mixture space and expelled through a tip. Staples may be embedded in or disposed below a foam block, which is disposed within a staple cartridge. Via an endoscopic stapling device, coated staples are driven through tissue while interacting with another agent on the device or the cartridge. The interaction forms a tissue restoring material that is applied onto the tissue.

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  • ETHICON LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bear, Brian W Cincinnati, US 11 3501
Le, Thu Anh Bridgewater, US 11 3180
Lytle,, IV Thomas W Cincinnati, US 48 38745
Modi, Kreena Akron, US 2 2287
Overmyer, Mark D Cincinnati, US 224 99184
Setser, Michael Burlington, US 3 1855
Smith, Bret W Kings Mills, US 123 92989
Zavatsky, Joseph Flemington, US 11 3511

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