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Circular stapler buttress

  • US 20090043334A1
  • Filed: 10/20/2008
  • Published: 02/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A implantable medical device for use with a circular stapler adapted to create a substantially circular hole in a patient, said circular stapler having a stapler anvil portion with a first compression surface and a stapler body portion with a second compression surface, said implantable medical device comprising:

  • a first buttress made of a bioabsorbable web material having a first contact surface adapted to attach to said stapler anvil without use of an adhesive on said first compression surface and said first contact surface;

    a second buttress made of a bioabsorbable web material having a second contact surface adapted to attach to said stapler body without use of an adhesive on said second compression surface and said second contact surface;

    at least one protrusion disruptably connected to said second buttress, said protrusion having an adhesive on at least a portion thereof to attach said second buttress to said stapler body portion; and

    wherein the first and second buttresses reinforce said hole created by said stapler in said patient when staples are applied and both have an adaptive opening therethrough formed from a series of slits positioned between inner and outer edges of the first and second buttresses.

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