U.S. Patent 7922743 was awarded to Tyco Healthcare Group LP on 2011-04-12 and describes a “Structure for applying sprayable wound treatment material.” This patent has been cited 281 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 relates to surgical instruments, structures and methods for enhancing the properties of tissue to be repaired or joined. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a surgical stapling apparatus is provided including a wound treatment material dispersion system for delivering wound treatment material to a target surgical site. The dispersion system includes an aperture formed in the anvil assembly oriented to dispense wound treatment material in an outward direction; and a source of wound treatment material in fluid communication with the aperture of the anvil assembly. Link: U.S. Patent 7922743

This patent was originally filed on 2005-10-14 which gives it a processing time of 2006 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 John P. Hauschild of Riverside, CT. The primary examiner was Darwin P Erezo.

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