US 12,083,006 B2
Systems, devices and methods for delivering sealants to target tissue for controlling bleeding of the target tissue
Nir I. Nativ, West Orange, NJ (US); Jared Schneider, Union, NJ (US); Geoffrey Navarro, Bridgewater, NJ (US); and Brian Aitken, Bridgewater, NJ (US)
Assigned to Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US)
Filed by Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,952.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190439 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0063 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0072 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealant delivery device comprising:
a housing;
a matrix container connected with a distal end of said housing and being moveable between closed and opened positions;
a matrix disposed within said matrix container;
a sealant dispensing system in fluid communication with said matrix container and being configured for dispensing a sealant onto said matrix disposed within said matrix container;
an actuator coupled with said sealant dispensing system and said matrix container, wherein said actuator is engageable for moving said matrix container from the closed position to the opened position for exposing said matrix and for activating said sealant dispensing system to express said sealant onto said matrix.