SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE

Surgical stapling apparatuses have a buttress attached thereto. The buttress includes an elongate rectangular body having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and opposing lateral sides running along the elongate rectangular body from the proximal portion to the distal portion. The buttress possess...

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Hauptverfasser: HODGKINSON, Gerald N, SOLTZ, Michael A, HUSSAINI, Sulaiman, SEDLIK, Souad
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Surgical stapling apparatuses have a buttress attached thereto. The buttress includes an elongate rectangular body having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and opposing lateral sides running along the elongate rectangular body from the proximal portion to the distal portion. The buttress possesses a layer of a therapeutic agent on at least the proximal portion. In embodiments the buttress possesses the therapeutic agent at both the proximal portion and the distal portion.