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Soft tissue stapling buttress

  • US 5,549,628 A
  • Filed: 05/01/1995
  • Issued: 08/27/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for performing a surgical procedure to remove diseased tissue, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) creating an opening in the patient to expose the diseased tissue to be excised;

    (b) providing a surgical staple gun having a pair of apposed jaws, one holding a cartridge of staples and the other being an anvil member against which the staples are to be fired;

    (c) covering at least a portion of said pair of apposed jaws with a host-tissue-compatible animal tissue strip wherein said animal tissue strip is capable or adhering to said staples to form a substantially fluid impervious seal therebetween;

    (d) positioning the surgical staple gun such that the patient'"'"'s tissue to be severed is disposed between said pair of jaws;

    (e) firing the staple gun to simultaneously eject at least two rows of closely spaced staples from said cartridge, through said animal tissue strips and said patient'"'"'s tissue against said anvil member;

    (f) severing said animal tissue strips and said patient'"'"'s tissue along a line between said rows of staples; and

    (g) closing said opening in the patient.

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