Buttress brachytherapy and integrated staple line markers for margin identification
First Claim
1. A surgical buttress for use in a surgical stapling apparatus, the surgical buttress comprising a body portion and lateral sides extending from opposed edges of the body portion, each of the lateral sides defining pockets therein and each of the pockets having a width extending from the edge of the body portion to an outer edge of the lateral side and including an opening into an internal cavity.
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Abstract
A surgical buttress for use in a surgical stapling apparatus is provided. The surgical buttress includes an elongate rectangular body portion defining a width; a nose portion integrally formed with and extending from a distal end of the body portion, the nose portion defining a width that is less than the width of the body portion; a neck portion integrally formed with and extending from a distal end of the nose portion, the neck portion defining a width; a head portion integrally formed with and connected to a distal end of the neck portion, the head portion defining a width; and a tail portion integrally formed with and extending from a proximal end of the body portion, the tail portion defining a width that is less that the width of the body portion. The surgical buttress is formed from a material having filaments. The surgical buttress include radioactive material.
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- 1. A surgical buttress for use in a surgical stapling apparatus, the surgical buttress comprising a body portion and lateral sides extending from opposed edges of the body portion, each of the lateral sides defining pockets therein and each of the pockets having a width extending from the edge of the body portion to an outer edge of the lateral side and including an opening into an internal cavity.
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9. A method of embedding radioactive material into a surgical buttress, comprising:
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providing a surgical buttress having a body portion; providing a template holding a radioactive material; mating the template to the surgical buttress and creating pores in the body portion of the surgical buttress during mating of the template to the surgical buttress; and embedding the radioactive material into the pores of the body portion of the surgical buttress. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A kit for performing surgical stapling, comprising:
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a surgical stapling instrument; at least one surgical buttress including a body portion and lateral sides extending from opposed edges of the body portion, each of the lateral sides defining pockets therein and each of the pockets having a width extending from the edge of the body portion to an outer edge of the lateral side and including an opening into an internal cavity; and a package of encapsulated radioactive material. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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