US 11,832,819 B2
Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US); Rao S. Bezwada, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US); Jason L Harris, Lebanon, OH (US); Prudence A. Vulhop, Warsaw, IN (US); Mark S. Zeiner, Mason, OH (US); and Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/130,927.
Application 17/130,927 is a continuation of application No. 16/401,234, filed on May 2, 2019, granted, now 11,369,380.
Application 16/401,234 is a continuation of application No. 14/667,842, filed on Mar. 25, 2015, granted, now 10,349,939, issued on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0196277 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/105 (2013.01) [A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/07292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00951 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
(a) an applicator; and
(b) a buttress assembly configured to be releasably coupled with the applicator prior to being coupled with one of an anvil or a deck of a stapling assembly of an end effector of a surgical stapler, the buttress assembly comprising:
(i) a buttress body; and
(ii) an adhesive material disposed on the buttress body and configured to removably couple the buttress body with one of the anvil or the deck, wherein the adhesive material includes a bioabsorbable polymer having an inherent viscosity at or below 3.0 dL/g, wherein the adhesive material is pressure sensitive, wherein the adhesive material is malleable at room temperature.