Patents by Inventor Megan L. (Prommersberger) Stopek

Megan L. (Prommersberger) Stopek 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).

  • Interlocking buttress material retention system
    Patent number: 11419608
    Abstract: A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured to frictionally engage corresponding slots in a first end the buttress material. One of the jaws includes a post at a second end of the jaw. The buttress material includes a hole in a second end of the buttress material for receipt of the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Megan L. (Prommersberger) Stopek
  • INTERLOCKING BUTTRESS MATERIAL RETENTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200246008
    Abstract: A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured to frictionally engage corresponding slots in a first end the buttress material. One of the jaws includes a post at a second end of the jaw. The buttress material includes a hole in a second end of the buttress material for receipt of the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Megan L. (Prommersberger) Stopek
  • Interlocking buttress material retention system
    Patent number: 10675032
    Abstract: A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured to frictionally engage corresponding slots in a first end the buttress material. One of the jaws includes a post at a second end of the jaw. The buttress material includes a hole in a second end of the buttress material for receipt of the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventor: Megan L. (Prommersberger) Stopek
  • INTERLOCKING BUTTRESS MATERIAL RETENTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180310937
    Abstract: A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured to frictionally engage corresponding slots in a first end the buttress material. One of the jaws includes a post at a second end of the jaw. The buttress material includes a hole in a second end of the buttress material for receipt of the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Megan L. (Prommersberger) Stopek
  • Interlocking buttress material retention system
    Patent number: 10022125
    Abstract: A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured to frictionally engage corresponding slots in a first end the buttress material. One of the jaws includes a post at a second end of the jaw. The buttress material includes a hole in a second end of the buttress material for receipt of the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Megan L. (Prommersberger) Stopek
  • INTERLOCKING BUTTRESS MATERIAL RETENTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160256166
    Abstract: A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured to frictionally engage corresponding slots in a first end the buttress material. One of the jaws includes a post at a second end of the jaw. The buttress material includes a hole in a second end of the buttress material for receipt of the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Megan L. (Prommersberger) Stopek
  • Interlocking buttress material retention system
    Patent number: 9016543
    Abstract: A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured to frictionally engage corresponding slots in a first end the buttress material. One of the jaws includes a post at a second end of the jaw. The buttress material includes a hole in a second end of the buttress material for receipt of the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Megan L. (Prommersberger) Stopek
  • INTERLOCKING BUTTRESS MATERIAL RETENTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140084042
    Abstract: A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured to frictionally engage corresponding slots in a first end the buttress material. One of the jaws includes a post at a second end of the jaw. The buttress material includes a hole in a second end of the buttress material for receipt of the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventor: MEGAN L. (PROMMERSBERGER) STOPEK
  • Interlocking buttress material retention system
    Patent number: 8616430
    Abstract: A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured to frictionally engage corresponding slots in a first end the buttress material. One of the jaws includes a post at a second end of the jaw. The buttress material includes a hole in a second end of the buttress material for receipt of the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Megan L. (Prommersberger) Stopek