US 12,029,424 B2
Surgical end effector with buttress cord supports
Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jonathan R. Thompson, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Richard P. Nuchols, Williamsburg, OH (US)
Assigned to Standard Bariatrics, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Standard Bariatrics, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/081,128.
Application 18/081,128 is a continuation of application No. 16/898,247, filed on Jun. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,559,305.
Application 16/898,247 is a continuation of application No. 16/126,604, filed on Sep. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,687,814, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Application 16/126,604 is a continuation of application No. 16/103,644, filed on Aug. 14, 2018, granted, now 10,912,562, issued on Feb. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/676,493, filed on May 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/672,996, filed on May 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/662,517, filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/579,703, filed on Oct. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/545,324, filed on Aug. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112769 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/26 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0644 (2013.01); A61B 17/0686 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/07292 (2013.01); A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61B 17/26 (2013.01); A61B 17/28 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00393 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07235 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07242 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07264 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2916 (2013.01); A61F 5/0083 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An end effector for stapling and cutting an anatomical structure, the end effector comprising:
(a) an anvil, the anvil comprising;
(i) a first anvil end, a second anvil end, and an anvil face; and
(ii) a plurality of staple pocket rows, each of the plurality of staple pocket rows including a plurality of staple pockets positioned on the anvil face;
(b) a cartridge having a first cartridge end, a second cartridge end, and a cartridge face, the cartridge being configured to retain a plurality of staples;
(c) a cord; and
(e) a buttress, the buttress being coupled with the anvil face or the cartridge face and including a planar section of material and a plurality of loops extending laterally from a first side and a second side of the planar section of material, each of the plurality of loops defining a channel sized to receive the cord and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis,
wherein at least one of the anvil or the cartridge includes a plurality of cord supports, the cord is threaded through the plurality of loops and attaches the buttress to the plurality of cord supports.