U.S. Patent 8038045 was awarded to Tyco Healthcare Group LP on 2011-10-18 and describes a “Staple buttress retention system.” This patent has been cited 392 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 surgical stapling instrument is provided having systems for securing buttress material to the anvil and staple containing cartridge associated with the surgical instrument. The system includes a retainer configured to engage the anvil or the staple containing cartridge and capture the buttress material between the retainer and the anvil or staple containing cartridge. The disclose retainer engages the anvil or staple containing cartridge in snap fit or friction fit fashion. The buttress material includes a circumferential perforation line enabling the center of the buttress material to be stapled to tissue while the remainder of the buttress material remains with the anvil or staple containing cartridge. Link: U.S. Patent 8038045

This patent was originally filed on 2007-05-25 which gives it a processing time of 1607 days, compared to an average processing time of 1226 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 Michelle Lopez.

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