Apparatus and method for attaching a surgical buttress to a stapling apparatus
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1. An apparatus for equipping a surgical stapling device to provide reinforced surgical fastener suture lines, comprising:
- an alignment means comprising a substantially planar frame, said frame comprising;
a first surface comprising a first guide channel wall extending therefrom, and a second surface apposed to said first surface and comprising a second guide channel wall extending therefrom; and
a receiving means comprising first and second apposed surfaces, said first guide channel wall and said first surface of said receiving means defining a first guide channel and said second guide channel wall and said second surface of said receiving means defining a second guide channel, a first elastomeric foam surgical buttress comprising a first surface for contacting said receiving means and a second surface apposed to said first surface for contacting said stapling device, said first buttress disposed within said first guide channel and on said first surface of said receiving means, a second elastomeric foam surgical buttress comprising a first surface for contacting said receiving means and a second surface apposed to said first surface for contacting said stapling device, said second buttress disposed within said second guide channel and on said second surface of said receiving means; and
means for retaining said first and second buttresses on said first and second surfaces of said receiving means.
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Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus for equipping a surgical stapling device with a surgical buttress in order to provide reinforced surgical fastener suture lines and includes means for aligning the apparatus with the surgical staple device, an elastomeric foam surgical buttress contained within the alignment means and means for retaining the foam buttress within the alignment means, which alignment means is formed as a unitary body containing a frame, guide channel walls and means for receiving the elastomeric foam surgical buttress.
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12 Claims
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1. An apparatus for equipping a surgical stapling device to provide reinforced surgical fastener suture lines, comprising:
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an alignment means comprising a substantially planar frame, said frame comprising;
a first surface comprising a first guide channel wall extending therefrom, and a second surface apposed to said first surface and comprising a second guide channel wall extending therefrom; and
a receiving means comprising first and second apposed surfaces, said first guide channel wall and said first surface of said receiving means defining a first guide channel and said second guide channel wall and said second surface of said receiving means defining a second guide channel, a first elastomeric foam surgical buttress comprising a first surface for contacting said receiving means and a second surface apposed to said first surface for contacting said stapling device, said first buttress disposed within said first guide channel and on said first surface of said receiving means, a second elastomeric foam surgical buttress comprising a first surface for contacting said receiving means and a second surface apposed to said first surface for contacting said stapling device, said second buttress disposed within said second guide channel and on said second surface of said receiving means; and
means for retaining said first and second buttresses on said first and second surfaces of said receiving means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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