Patent ID: 8123767
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A implantable medical device for use with a circular stapler adapted to create a substantially circular hole in a patient, said circular stapler having a stapler anvil portion with a first compression surface and a stapler body portion with a second compression surface, said implantable medical device comprising: a first buttress made of a bioabsorbable web material having a first contact surface adapted to attach to said stapler anvil without use of an adhesive on said first compression surface and said first contact surface; a second buttress made of a bioabsorbable web material having a second contact surface adapted to attach to said stapler body without use of an adhesive on said second compression surface and said second contact surface; at least one protrusion disruptably connected to said second buttress, said protrusion having an adhesive on at least a portion thereof to attach said second buttress to said stapler body portion; and wherein the first and second buttresses reinforce said hole created by said stapler in said patient when staples are applied and both have an adaptive opening therethrough formed from a series of slits positioned between inner and outer edges of the first and second buttresses.