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Buttress assembly for a surgical stapler

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  • Patent Grant
  • D932621
  • Patent Number
    D932,621
  • Date Filed
    Friday, December 28, 2018
    6 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, October 5, 2021
    3 years ago
  • US Classifications
    Field of Search
    • US
    • D24 145
    • CPC
    • A61B17/105
    • A61B17/068
    • A61B17/07207
    • A61B17/07292
    • A61B2017/00884
    • A61B2017/2936
    • A61B2017/07271
  • International Classifications
    • 2402
    • Term of Grant
      15Years
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Abstract
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 elevation view of FIG. 3;



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



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



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



FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1, taken along line 8-8 of FIG. 1;



FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1, taken along line 9-9 of FIG. 1;



FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 3, taken along line 10-10 of FIG. 3;



FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 3, taken along line 11-11 of FIG. 3; and,



FIG. 12 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 3, taken along line 12-12 of FIG. 3.


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.
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