Patents by Inventor Anthony Silvestri, JR.

Anthony Silvestri, JR. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tissue stapler having a thickness compensator comprising incorporating a hemostatic agent
    Patent number: 9345477
    Abstract: A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapler. The assembly has a cartridge body having a support portion with a plurality of staple cavities with openings. There is also a plurality of staples, wherein at least a portion of each the staple is removably stored within the staple cavity. Each the staple is movable between an unfired position and a fired position, and is deformable between an unfired configuration and a fired configuration. The assembly also includes a compressible tissue thickness compensator configured to be captured within the staples. The compressible tissue thickness compensator at least partially covers the staple cavity openings. The compressed tissue thickness compensator is configured to assume different compressed heights within different the staples. The compressible tissue thickness compensator comprising a lyophilized foam having a hemostatic agent embedded therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC
    Inventors: Jacqueline A. Anim, Samardh Onukuri, Anthony Silvestri, Jr., Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Michael F. Clem, Tamara S. Vetro-Widenhouse
  • TISSUE STAPLER HAVING A THICKNESS COMPENSATOR COMPRISING INCORPORATING A HEMOSTATIC AGENT
    Publication number: 20120318842
    Abstract: A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapler. The assembly has a cartridge body having a support portion with a plurality of staple cavities with openings. There is also a plurality of staples, wherein at least a portion of each the staple is removably stored within the staple cavity. Each the staple is movable between an unfired position and a fired position, and is deformable between an unfired configuration and a fired configuration. The assembly also includes a compressible tissue thickness compensator configured to be captured within the staples. The compressible tissue thickness compensator at least partially covers the staple cavity openings. The compressed tissue thickness compensator is configured to assume different compressed heights within different the staples. The compressible tissue thickness compensator comprising a lyophilized foam having a hemostatic agent embedded therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Jacqueline A. Anim, Samardh Onukuri, Anthony Silvestri, JR., Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Michael F. Clem, Tamara S. Vetro-Widenhouse