U.S. Patent 8308042 was awarded to Tyco Healthcare Group LP on 2012-11-13 and describes a “Structure for attachment of buttress material to anvils and cartridges of surgical stapler.” This patent has been cited 355 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 stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasably secured to at least one of the staple cartridge and the anvil. The buttress material includes a tab to releasably and frictionally engage the at least one of the staple cartridge and the anvil. Link: U.S. Patent 8308042

This patent was originally filed on 2011-05-16 which gives it a processing time of 547 days, compared to an average processing time of 837 in the field. Tyco Healthcare Group LP has 1168 total patents. The first named inventor is Ernie Aranyi of Easton, PA. The primary examiner was Scott A. Smith.

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