SURGICAL STAPLER BUTTRESS ASSEMBLY WITH ADHESION TO WET END EFFECTOR

A buttress assembly is configured to temporarily adhere to a wet surgical stapler end effector. The buttress assembly includes a buttress body and a humidity tolerant adhesive material. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is applied to at least one side of the buttress body. The humidity toleran...

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Hauptverfasser: Timmer, Mark D, Craigwood, Aidan, Holtzmann, Kathrin, Hagerman, Caroline, Vendely, Michael J, Shelton, IV, Frederick E, Turner, Prudence A, Bezwada, Rao S, Donners, Jackie J, Easter, Ashley
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Zusammenfassung:A buttress assembly is configured to temporarily adhere to a wet surgical stapler end effector. The buttress assembly includes a buttress body and a humidity tolerant adhesive material. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is applied to at least one side of the buttress body. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is configured to hold the buttress body to an underside of an anvil or a deck of a staple cartridge for at least five minutes in an environment of 100% relative humidity at approximately 37° C.