US 11,849,951 B2
System and methods for supplying surgical staple line reinforcement
Loran Solorio, West Lafayette, IN (US); Steven Cohen, West Lafayette, IN (US); David Tapia, Winston-Salem, NC (US); and Bhavin B. Shah, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Assigned to Cook Biotech Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed by Cook Biotech Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/443,477.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/057,044, filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022871 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/07292 (2013.01) [A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0688 (2013.01); A61B 2050/0065 (2016.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for loading a surgical bolster material onto a surgical stapling device, said device comprising:
a tray defining a guide channel for receipt of a bolster material to be applied to the surgical stapling device;
a compressible layer having a compressed portion compressed by said tray, and an elongate detachable portion extending into said guide channel, said detachable portion detachable from said compressed portion, said elongate detachable portion comprising a first lateral edge opposite a second lateral edge, and wherein said first lateral edge and said second lateral edge are uncompressed by said tray;
a bolster material carried by said compressible layer, wherein said bolster material comprises a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge opposite said first lateral edge, and wherein said first lateral edge of said bolster material and said second lateral edge of said bolster material are uncompressed by said tray;
an adhesive layer on said bolster material and configured to adhere said bolster material to the stapler; and
a peelable protective cover over said adhesive layer, said peelable protective cover peelable from said adhesive layer while said compressible layer and said bolster material are received in said tray with said bolster material in said guide channel.