Medical devices and methods for applying bolster material

Details Medical devices and methods for applying bolster material Medical devices and methods for applying bolster material

A - Human Necessities

61

B

A61B 17/072 (2006.01) A61B 19/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2556422

Described are medical devices useful for applying a bolster material to a surgical fastening device such as a stapler, and related methods of manufacture and use. The devices include an applicator element for receipt between arms of the stapler, and a bolster material, desirably a remodelable extracellular matrix material, coupled to the applicator element. In certain embodiments, the bolster material is held by the applicator element, for example having at least a portion looped around or received through or over a portion of the applicator element. Also described are unique implantable materials including coatings of dried, reversible adhesive.

L'invention porte sur des instruments médicaux servant à appliquer des bandeaux de renfort à un dispositif chirurgical de fixation tel qu'une agrafeuse et sur leurs procédés de fabrication et utilisations. Un tel instrument comprend un applicateur se plaçant entre les bras de l'agrafeuse, et un bandeau de renfort, fait de préférence d'un matériau à matrice extracellulaire remodelable, se fixant à l'applicateur. Dans certaines applications le bandeau de renfort est par exemple retenu sur l'applicateur par au moins une de ses parties enroulée autour de l'applicateur ou le traversant ou posée dessus. L'invention porte également sur des matériaux implantables uniques comprenant un revêtement d'adhésif sec réversible.

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