Buttress assembly for a surgical stapler

- Cilag GmbH International
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a buttress assembly for a surgical stapler, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1, the opposite bottom plan view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1, the side elevation view of FIG. 4 being opposite to the side elevational view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5A is an enlarged view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6A is an enlarged view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1, taken along line 7A-7A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1, taken along line 7B-7B of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7C is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1, taken along line 7C-7C of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8A is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 3, taken along line 8A-8A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 8A1 is an enlarged view of FIG. 8A;

FIG. 8B is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 3, taken along line 8B-8B of FIG. 3;

FIG. 8B1 is an enlarged view of FIG. 8B;

FIG. 8C is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 3, taken along line 8C-8C of FIG. 3; and,

FIG. 8C1 is an enlarged view of FIG. 8C.

The evenly-spaced broken lines in the drawings are included for purpose of illustrating portions of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash-dot broken lines in the drawings are included for the purpose of defining the boundary of the claim, it being understood that the region between the dot-dash-dot broken lines and the dot-dash-dot broken lines themselves form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a buttress assembly for a surgical stapler, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
8157151 April 17, 2012 Ingmanson
9351732 May 31, 2016 Hodgkinson
9572576 February 21, 2017 Hodgkinson
10293553 May 21, 2019 Racenet
10368868 August 6, 2019 Aranyi
10499918 December 10, 2019 Schellin
10675032 June 9, 2020 Stopek
10682140 June 16, 2020 Ingmanson
11033269 June 15, 2021 Vendely
D932621 October 5, 2021 Ridgley
11166724 November 9, 2021 McGiveron
11166725 November 9, 2021 Vendely
D959662 August 2, 2022 Ridgley
Patent History
Patent number: D1014754
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 28, 2022
Date of Patent: Feb 13, 2024
Assignee: Cilag GmbH International (Zug)
Inventors: Thomas J. Tate (Providence, RI), Heather Strang (West Chester, OH), Trevor J. Barton (Cincinnati, OH), Mark S. Zeiner (Mason, OH), Emily A. Schellin (Cincinnati, OH), Michael J. Vendely (Lebanon, OH)
Primary Examiner: Wan Laymon
Application Number: 29/854,764