Patents by Inventor Carl J. Shurlleff

Carl J. Shurlleff 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).

  • Surgical stapling instrument having a releasable buttress material
    Patent number: 7673782
    Abstract: A surgical stapler including an anvil, a staple cartridge, and a buttress material removably retained to the anvil and/or staple cartridge. In various embodiments, the staple cartridge can include at least one staple removably stored therein which can, when deployed, or fired, therefrom, contact the buttress material and remove the buttress material from the anvil and/or staple cartridge. In at least one embodiment, the anvil can include at least one lip and/or groove configured to removably retain the buttress material to the anvil until deformable members extending from the surgical staple are bent by the anvil and are directed toward and contact the buttress material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Carl J. Shurlleff
  • Surgical stapling instrument having a releasable buttress material
    Publication number: 20090001125
    Abstract: A surgical stapler including an anvil, a staple cartridge, and a buttress material removably retained to the anvil and/or staple cartridge. In various embodiments, the staple cartridge can include at least one staple removably stored therein which can, when deployed, or fired, therefrom, contact the buttress material and remove the buttress material from the anvil and/or staple cartridge. In at least one embodiment, the anvil can include at least one lip and/or groove configured to removably retain the buttress material to the anvil until deformable members extending from the surgical staple are bent by the anvil and are directed toward and contact the buttress material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Carl J. Shurlleff