Applicator for a surgical stapler buttress
Latest Cilag GmbH International Patents:
- SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER WITH ARTICULATING JOINT PATH FOR SURGICAL CLIPS
- Surgical network recommendations from real time analysis of procedure variables against a baseline highlighting differences from the optimal solution
- Method of compressing tissue within a stapling device and simultaneously displaying the location of the tissue within the jaws
- SURGICAL TOOL POSITIONING BASED ON SENSED PARAMETERS
- Method of using lockout features for surgical stapler cartridge
Description
Claims
The ornamental design for an applicator for a surgical stapler buttress, as shown and described.
Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Other references
4805823 | February 21, 1989 | Rothfuss |
D320272 | September 24, 1991 | Green |
5415334 | May 16, 1995 | Williamson, IV et al. |
5465895 | November 14, 1995 | Knodel et al. |
5597107 | January 28, 1997 | Knodel et al. |
5632432 | May 27, 1997 | Schulze et al. |
5673840 | October 7, 1997 | Schulze et al. |
5704534 | January 6, 1998 | Huitema et al. |
5792135 | August 11, 1998 | Madhani et al. |
5814055 | September 29, 1998 | Knodel et al. |
5817084 | October 6, 1998 | Jensen |
5878193 | March 2, 1999 | Wang et al. |
6231565 | May 15, 2001 | Tovey et al. |
6364888 | April 2, 2002 | Niemeyer et al. |
6783524 | August 31, 2004 | Anderson et al. |
6939358 | September 6, 2005 | Palacios et al. |
6978921 | December 27, 2005 | Shelton, IV et al. |
6988650 | January 24, 2006 | Schwemberger et al. |
7000818 | February 21, 2006 | Shelton, IV et al. |
7134587 | November 14, 2006 | Schwemberger et al. |
7143923 | December 5, 2006 | Shelton, IV et al. |
7147139 | December 12, 2006 | Schwemberger et al. |
7147140 | December 12, 2006 | Wukusick et al. |
7204404 | April 17, 2007 | Nguyen et al. |
7207472 | April 24, 2007 | Wukusick et al. |
7303108 | December 4, 2007 | Shelton, IV |
7367485 | May 6, 2008 | Shelton, IV et al. |
7380695 | June 3, 2008 | Doll et al. |
7380696 | June 3, 2008 | Shelton, IV et al. |
7404508 | July 29, 2008 | Smith et al. |
7434715 | October 14, 2008 | Shelton, IV et al. |
7524320 | April 28, 2009 | Tierney et al. |
7644848 | January 12, 2010 | Swayze et al. |
7691098 | April 6, 2010 | Wallace et al. |
7721930 | May 25, 2010 | McKenna et al. |
7806891 | October 5, 2010 | Nowlin et al. |
8141762 | March 27, 2012 | Bedi et al. |
8210411 | July 3, 2012 | Yates et al. |
8371491 | February 12, 2013 | Huitema et al. |
8408439 | April 2, 2013 | Huang et al. |
8453914 | June 4, 2013 | Laurent et al. |
8479969 | July 9, 2013 | Shelton, IV |
8573461 | November 5, 2013 | Shelton, IV et al. |
8573465 | November 5, 2013 | Shelton, IV |
8579990 | November 12, 2013 | Priewe |
8602288 | December 10, 2013 | Shelton, IV et al. |
8616431 | December 31, 2013 | Timm et al. |
8783541 | July 22, 2014 | Shelton, IV et al. |
8800838 | August 12, 2014 | Shelton, IV |
8801735 | August 12, 2014 | Shelton, IV et al. |
8814025 | August 26, 2014 | Miller et al. |
8820605 | September 2, 2014 | Shelton, IV |
8844789 | September 30, 2014 | Shelton, IV et al. |
8899464 | December 2, 2014 | Hueil et al. |
8992060 | March 31, 2015 | Dassanayake et al. |
8998060 | April 7, 2015 | Bruewer et al. |
9101359 | August 11, 2015 | Smith et al. |
9186142 | November 17, 2015 | Fanelli et al. |
9198644 | December 1, 2015 | Balek et al. |
9211120 | December 15, 2015 | Scheib et al. |
9301759 | April 5, 2016 | Spivey et al. |
9393018 | July 19, 2016 | Wang et al. |
9398911 | July 26, 2016 | Auld et al. |
9492170 | November 15, 2016 | Bear et al. |
9517065 | December 13, 2016 | Simms et al. |
9597082 | March 21, 2017 | Stokes et al. |
9622746 | April 18, 2017 | Simms et al. |
9717497 | August 1, 2017 | Zerkle et al. |
9795379 | October 24, 2017 | Leimbach et al. |
9808248 | November 7, 2017 | Hoffman |
9839421 | December 12, 2017 | Zerkle et al. |
9848871 | December 26, 2017 | Harris et al. |
9867615 | January 16, 2018 | Fanelli et al. |
9913642 | March 13, 2018 | Leimbach et al. |
9936954 | April 10, 2018 | Shelton, IV et al. |
9999408 | June 19, 2018 | Boudreaux et al. |
10045780 | August 14, 2018 | Adams et al. |
10092292 | October 9, 2018 | Boudreaux et al. |
D833010 | November 6, 2018 | Harris et al. |
10123798 | November 13, 2018 | Baxter, III et al. |
D836198 | December 18, 2018 | Harris et al. |
D836199 | December 18, 2018 | Schowalter et al. |
10166023 | January 1, 2019 | Vendely |
10251649 | April 9, 2019 | Schellin et al. |
10342532 | July 9, 2019 | Zeiner |
10349939 | July 16, 2019 | Shelton, IV et al. |
10349940 | July 16, 2019 | Zeiner |
10433839 | October 8, 2019 | Scheib |
10639039 | May 5, 2020 | Vendely et al. |
D901686 | November 10, 2020 | Barton et al. |
D903115 | November 24, 2020 | Zeiner et al. |
10905424 | February 2, 2021 | Bakos |
D922576 | June 15, 2021 | Schellin et al. |
11033269 | June 15, 2021 | Vendely |
11039832 | June 22, 2021 | Vendely |
11045188 | June 29, 2021 | Vendely |
D926317 | July 27, 2021 | Posey et al. |
D926318 | July 27, 2021 | Posey et al. |
11051806 | July 6, 2021 | Vendely |
11058419 | July 13, 2021 | Vendely |
11103243 | August 31, 2021 | Bakos et al. |
11116505 | September 14, 2021 | Vendely |
D932621 | October 5, 2021 | Ridgley et al. |
D933220 | October 12, 2021 | Tate et al. |
11166724 | November 9, 2021 | McGiveron et al. |
11166725 | November 9, 2021 | Vendely et al. |
D938030 | December 7, 2021 | Zeiner |
20030120284 | June 26, 2003 | Palacios et al. |
20050070929 | March 31, 2005 | Dalessandro et al. |
20050139636 | June 30, 2005 | Schwemberger et al. |
20050143759 | June 30, 2005 | Kelly |
20050145672 | July 7, 2005 | Schwemberger et al. |
20080169328 | July 17, 2008 | Shelton, IV |
20090095791 | April 16, 2009 | Eskaros et al. |
20120241493 | September 27, 2012 | Baxter, III et al. |
20130068816 | March 21, 2013 | Vasudevan et al. |
20130075447 | March 28, 2013 | Weisenburgh, II et al. |
20130206813 | August 15, 2013 | Nalagatla |
20140239037 | August 28, 2014 | Boudreaux et al. |
20150351758 | December 10, 2015 | Shelton, IV et al. |
20160089146 | March 31, 2016 | Harris et al. |
20160278774 | September 29, 2016 | Shelton, IV et al. |
20170027571 | February 2, 2017 | Nalagatla et al. |
20170049444 | February 23, 2017 | Schellin et al. |
20170055980 | March 2, 2017 | Vendely |
20170055981 | March 2, 2017 | Vendely |
20170055982 | March 2, 2017 | Zeiner |
20170055986 | March 2, 2017 | Harris et al. |
20170056016 | March 2, 2017 | Barton |
20170056017 | March 2, 2017 | Vendely |
20170056018 | March 2, 2017 | Zeiner |
20170086823 | March 30, 2017 | Leimbach et al. |
20170086837 | March 30, 2017 | Vendely et al. |
20170086842 | March 30, 2017 | Shelton, IV et al. |
20170119386 | May 4, 2017 | Scheib |
20170119391 | May 4, 2017 | Schellin et al. |
20180235610 | August 23, 2018 | Harris et al. |
20180235611 | August 23, 2018 | Harris et al. |
20180235616 | August 23, 2018 | Shelton, IV et al. |
20180235617 | August 23, 2018 | Shelton, IV et al. |
20180235619 | August 23, 2018 | Harris et al. |
20180235622 | August 23, 2018 | Shelton, IV et al. |
20190000481 | January 3, 2019 | Harris et al. |
20190150918 | May 23, 2019 | Vendely |
20190167262 | June 6, 2019 | Vendely |
20190167263 | June 6, 2019 | Vendely |
20190175173 | June 13, 2019 | Harris et al. |
20190298338 | October 3, 2019 | Vendely |
20200015817 | January 16, 2020 | Harris et al. |
20200205807 | July 2, 2020 | Bakos |
20200205810 | July 2, 2020 | Posey et al. |
20200205811 | July 2, 2020 | Posey et al. |
20200205821 | July 2, 2020 | Vendely |
20200205822 | July 2, 2020 | Heupel et al. |
20200205823 | July 2, 2020 | Vendely |
20200205824 | July 2, 2020 | Barton |
20200205825 | July 2, 2020 | Vendely |
20200205826 | July 2, 2020 | Bakos et al. |
20200205827 | July 2, 2020 | Bakos |
1566434 | January 2017 | JP |
- Japanese Notification of Reasons for Refusal dated Jun. 23, 2020, for Application No. 2019-014271, 1 page.
- U.S. Appl. No. 62/209,041, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Applying a Buttress to End Effector of a Surgical Stapler,” filed Aug. 24, 2015.
Patent History
Patent number: D955576
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 4, 2020
Date of Patent: Jun 21, 2022
Assignee: Cilag GmbH International (Zug)
Inventors: Trevor J. Barton (Cincinnati, OH), Christopher J. Hess (Blue Ash, OH), John V. Hunt (Cincinnati, OH), Emily A. Schellin (Cincinnati, OH), Michael J. Vendely (Lebanon, OH), Mark S. Zeiner (Mason, OH)
Primary Examiner: Wan Laymon
Application Number: 29/757,241
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 4, 2020
Date of Patent: Jun 21, 2022
Assignee: Cilag GmbH International (Zug)
Inventors: Trevor J. Barton (Cincinnati, OH), Christopher J. Hess (Blue Ash, OH), John V. Hunt (Cincinnati, OH), Emily A. Schellin (Cincinnati, OH), Michael J. Vendely (Lebanon, OH), Mark S. Zeiner (Mason, OH)
Primary Examiner: Wan Laymon
Application Number: 29/757,241
Classifications
Current U.S. Class:
Suturing Or Fastening (e.g., Stapling, Etc.) (30) (D24/145)