Patent ID: 9186140
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical product useful for applying a bolster material to a surgical stapling device, the surgical stapling device having a cartridge component and an anvil component presenting respective cartridge component and anvil component surfaces, the medical product comprising: an applicator element comprising a substantially planar applicator sheet formed of a compressible foam material, said applicator sheet receivable between the cartridge component and the anvil component of the surgical stapling device and having a first side with a first receiving area having a surface and configured for receipt of a first piece of bolster material; a first piece of bolster material retained in association with the applicator sheet and presented on the first side of the applicator sheet in said first receiving area for contact with said cartridge component surface, said first piece of bolster material being a remodelable extracellular matrix material comprising bovine pericardium, said first piece of bolster material having a length and a width, with said length longer than said width, and said first piece of bolster material having a first lateral side extending along said length and a second lateral side extending along said length; and a first adhesive material on a surface of said first piece of bolster material for adhering said first piece of bolster material to said cartridge component surface; wherein said applicator sheet includes a first laterally-positioned member that is formed of the compressible foam material, said first laterally-positioned member extending transverse to and upward from the surface of the first receiving area and positioned laterally adjacent to only a portion of said first lateral side of the first piece of bolster material, and wherein said applicator sheet also includes a second laterally-positioned member that is formed of the compressible foam material, said second laterally-positioned member extending transverse to and upward from the surface of the first receiving area and positioned laterally adjacent to said second lateral side of the first piece of bolster material, said first and second laterally-positioned members configured to limit side-to-side sliding of the first piece of bolster material on the applicator sheet; wherein said applicator sheet also includes a first lateral portion positioned laterally outward from said first laterally-positioned member and said first receiving area, said first laterally-positioned member extending above a surface of said first lateral portion, and wherein said applicator sheet also includes a second lateral portion positioned laterally outward from said second laterally-positioned member, said second laterally-positioned member extending above a surface of said second lateral portion; and wherein said first receiving area, said first laterally-positioned member, and said first lateral portion are formed of a unitary piece of compressible foam material; wherein the surfaces of the first and the second lateral portions are co-planar with the surface of the first receiving area.