U.S. Patent 7988027 was awarded to Tyco Healthcare Group LP on 2011-08-02 and describes a “Crimp and release of suture holding buttress material.” This patent has been cited 397 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:

A mechanism is provided for crimping and releasing a suture securing a strip of buttress material to an end effector. The mechanism includes a retention member movably mounted within the end effector. The retention member is movable from a first position crimping the suture to the end effector to a second position releasing the suture from the end effector. The mechanism additionally includes a follower member, engageable with the retention member, and movable in response to actuation of a surgical instrument to move the retention member between the first and second positions. A lock mechanism is also provided to secure the retention member in the first position. The follower member operates to disengage the lock mechanism. Link: U.S. Patent 7988027

This patent was originally filed on 2009-08-13 which gives it a processing time of 719 days, compared to an average processing time of 1080 in the field. Tyco Healthcare Group LP has 1168 total patents. The first named inventor is Ernie Aranyi of Easton, PA. The assistant examiner was Michelle Lopez.

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