Patents by Inventor Megan (Prommersberger) Stopek

Megan (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: 9364234
    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: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Megan (Prommersberger) Stopek
  • Detachable buttress material retention systems for use with a surgical stapling device
    Patent number: 9113873
    Abstract: Systems of releasably connecting staple line buttress material to the jaws of a surgical stapling instrument are provided. The systems include retainers configured to engage the buttress material and releasably retain the buttress material on the jaws of the surgical stapling instrument prior to stapling tissue. In certain embodiments, the retainers remain with the jaws of the instrument after stapling of tissue. In alternative embodiments, the retainers remain with the buttress material after being stapled to tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Stanislaw Marczyk, Megan Prommersberger Stopek, Brian Nentwick
  • INTERLOCKING BUTTRESS MATERIAL RETENTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150196297
    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: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: MEGAN (PROMMERSBERGER) STOPEK
  • DETACHABLE BUTTRESS MATERIAL RETENTION SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH A SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140027490
    Abstract: Systems of releasably connecting staple line buttress material to the jaws of a surgical stapling instrument are provided. The systems include retainers configured to engage the buttress material and releasably retain the buttress material on the jaws of the surgical stapling instrument prior to stapling tissue. In certain embodiments, the retainers remain with the jaws of the instrument after stapling of tissue. In alternative embodiments, the retainers remain with the buttress material after being stapled to tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Stanislaw Marczyk, Megan Prommersberger Stopek, Brian Nentwick
  • Novel Tissue Support
    Publication number: 20090311309
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides tissue supports which may be utilized by themselves or in combination with other tissue closure means to enhance wound closure and healing. The tissue supports are made of a material which shrinks upon application of heat or light to further support the tissue and/or wound to which it is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventor: Megan (Prommersberger) Stopek