ECHELON ENDOPATH™ Staple Line Reinforcement
Experience easy application for OR efficiency with our ECHELON ENDOPATH™ Staple Line Reinforcement (SLR). It is designed to stay in place during tissue manipulation1,2A and features an added layer of protection to reinforce the staple line, helping keep your focus squarely on the patient and procedure.
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About this device
ECHELON ENDOPATH™ Staple Line Reinforcement is the first and only buttress designed for all ETHICON™ and ECHELON™ Laparoscopic Staplers. It can be used with 60mm ETHICON™ 3D Reloads or ECHELON™ Gripping Surface Technology (GST) Reloads and indicated for use in surgical procedures where soft tissue transection or resection with staple line reinforcement is needed. It also works with Intuitive SureForm™ 60mm blue, green, and black reloads.
Specialties
Bariatric, Colorectal, General, Thoracic
Procedures
Bariatric Procedures, Colorectal Procedures, Gastric Procedures, Lung Resection, Small Bowel Resection
Safe and effective performance in lung resection procedures
In a multi-center clinical study of thoracic procedures, no prolonged air leaks or empyema occurred that surgeons reported were related to the ECHELON ENDOPATH™ Staple Line Reinforcement (SLR).3
Innovative, evidence-backed testing
In benchtop testing using the Ethicon Physiologic Lung Model, the use of ECHELON ENDOPATH™ Staple Line Reinforcement was associated with significantly fewer staple line air leaks.4B
Physiologic Lung Model was developed in partnership with clinical experts at Massachusetts General Hospital, it is the first and only benchtop model to simulate mechanical and physiologic breathing to measure air leaks by incidence and volume.
Features & benefits
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Seamless application
The simple click-and-go applicator5,6 makes reinforcing the staple line easy for surgeons and OR staff. Just clamp and release for accurately pre-applied self-adhesive buttress on the stapler anvil and cartridge.
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Seamless tissue manipulation
Buttress affixes across the entire anvil and cartridge face with no slipping, twisting, sliding, or bunching.7,8C Designed for fast and easy loading, the buttress stays in place as surgeons manipulate tissue, yet gently releases on to tissue during stapling.1,2A
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Seamless performance
Made from the same trusted materials used in Coated VICRYL™ (polyglactin 910) Suture and PDS™ II (polydioxanone) Suture, ECHELON ENDOPATH™ Staple Line Reinforcement retains greater strength during the first 14 days of critical wound healing.9
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Supporting documentation
Related products
ECHELON™ 3000 Stapler
The ECHELON™ 3000 Stapler was designed to accommodate each patient's unique anatomy, providing consistency across every staple line. It enables better access1A and more control2B over each transection, making it easier to tailor procedures to your patient's unique needs.
ECHELON™+ Stapler with GST Reloads
The ECHELON™+ Stapler is a powered laparoscopic stapler with exceptional staple line integrity across the broadest range of tissue thicknesses.1,2A It advances staple line security to deliver fewer leaks at the staple line and better staple formation, even in challenging conditions.3,4B
ECHELON™ Gripping Surface Technology Reloads
The flexibility to select the right reload for each patient’s unique tissue is critical. With ECHELON™ Gripping Surface Technology (GST) Reloads, you get exceptional staple line integrity—across the broadest range of tissue thicknesses1-5A. For use with the ECHELON™ 3000 Stapler, ECHELON™+ Stapler, or ECHELON FLEX™ ENDOPATH™ Staplers.
References
A. Based on coverage after manipulation assessment with SureForm™ 60mm devices.
B. Staple line air leaks evaluated in a physiologically based ex-vivo lung model under positive pressure ventilation resulting in zero leaks with the use of GST60B and ECH60R (n=25) vs. 11 leaks with the use of GST60B (n=25), p<0.05
C. Based on coverage after manipulation assessment on porcine tissue
- Ethicon, Zeppelin Re-Imagined Coverage After Manipulation Assessment with SureForm 60mm Devices Completion Report. 06.07.2022. Windchill Document #500856806.
- Ethicon, Zeppelin Re-Imagine SureForm Release Test Completion Report. 04.06.2022. Windchill Document #500908265.
- Kesler KA, Zeltsman D, Martin LW, et al. Safety and usability of an endo staple line reinforcement device for pulmonary resections. J Thorac Dis. 2023;15(11):6151-6159.
- Ethicon, Zeppelin ECH60R Claims Testing using Physiologic Lung Model (PLM) Completion Report. 1.27.22. Windchill Document #500814391.
- Ethicon, Project Zeppelin Coverage after Manipulation Comparison Completion Report. 01.28.2019. Windchill Document #PRC086040.
- Ethicon, Zeppelin Claim Testing Memo. 03.19.2019. Windchill Document #SCN063382.
- Ethicon, Project Zeppelin Coverage after Manipulation Comparison Completion Report. 9.25.2020. Windchill Document #PRC086040.
- Ethicon, Zeppelin Claim Testing Memo. 9.25.2020. Windchill Document #SCN063382.
- Ethicon, Staple Pull Evaluation for Zeppelin and Competitive Product. 11.13.2019. Windchill Document #PRC091255.
For complete indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and adverse reactions, please reference full package insert.
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