US Patent Issued to Covidien on Aug. 5 for "Anvil buttress loading for a surgical stapling apparatus" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,854, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Anvil buttress loading for a surgical stapling apparatus" was invented by Justin Williams (Southbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buttress attachment assembly includes a buttress and a buttress loader. The buttress includes a buttress body and buttress wings secured to the buttress body. The buttress body defines first openings. The buttress wings define second openings. The buttress loader includes first tabs that are receivable through the first openings of the buttress body and second tabs that are receivable through the second openings defined in th...