Buttress material for a surgical instrument

Buttress material for a surgical instrument

A piece of buttress material (936) and an end-effector of a surgical instrument including features which can aid a surgeon in properly and quickly attaching the piece of buttress material (936) to the end-effector. In various embodiments, a piece of buttress material (936) can include retention feat...

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Hauptverfasser: ROBERTSON GALEN C, ZWOLINSKI ANDREW M, SWAYZE JEFFREY S, TIMM RICHARD W, PARIHAR SHAILENDRA K, SMITH RICHARD C, HUITEMA THOMAS W, ARMSTRONG GLEN A, MESSERLY JEFFREY D, KORVICK DONNA L, SHELTON IV FREDERICK E, SIEBENALER DOUGLAS J, TANGUAY RANDALL J, HALL STEVEN G
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; pol
Schlagworte:
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:A piece of buttress material (936) and an end-effector of a surgical instrument including features which can aid a surgeon in properly and quickly attaching the piece of buttress material (936) to the end-effector. In various embodiments, a piece of buttress material (936) can include retention features (910) which can be engaged with portions of an end-effector to releasably retain the piece of buttress material (936) to at least a portion of the end-effector. Similarly, an end-effector can include features (910) configured to engage portions of a piece of buttress material (936) to releasably retain the piece of buttress material (936) to the end-effector. In at least one embodiment, more than one piece of buttress material can be releasably retained to an end-effector.