US 12,349,909 B2
Staple line surgical buttress
Jameson Kief, Wakefield, MA (US); and Andrew Marecki, Wilbraham, MA (US)
Assigned to Lexington Medical, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by Lexington Medical, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/528,279.
Application 18/528,279 is a continuation of application No. 17/902,504, filed on Sep. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,832,817.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/240,572, filed on Sep. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099719 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07292 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reloadable cartridge assembly, comprising:
a staple cartridge comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a surface, a plurality of staples, and a moveable cover;
an anvil comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a surface, and two sides;
an I-beam configured to move through the staple cartridge and the anvil; and
a cartridge buttress positioned on the surface and sides of the staple cartridge and releasably secured to the staple cartridge by positioning the moveable cover in a proximal position;
wherein the I-beam is configured to move the moveable cover of the staple cartridge distally to release the cartridge buttress from the staple cartridge.