U.S. Patent 7942890 was awarded to Tyco Healthcare Group LP on 2011-05-17 and describes a “Anastomosis composite gasket.” This patent has been cited 385 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

The present disclosure provides structures and/or gaskets for deposition between adjacent intestinal sections in an anastomosis procedure. The structure possesses at least an inner ring of a first material, and a middle ring of a second material. The first material and the second material include a wound treatment material consisting of at least one of an adhesive, a sealant and/or a medicament. The first material is different from the second material. Link: U.S. Patent 7942890

This patent was originally filed on 2005-03-15 which gives it a processing time of 2254 days, compared to an average processing time of 1942 in the field. Tyco Healthcare Group LP has 1168 total patents. The first named inventor is Michael J. Bettuchi of Charleston, SC. The assistant examiner was Dianne Dornbusch.

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