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US 2012/0067936 A1Published application
Interlocking Buttress Material Retention System
AssigneeTyco Healthcare Group LP
InventorMegan L. Prommersberger
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Abstract
A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured to frictionally engage corresponding slots in a first end the buttress material. One of the jaws includes a post at a second end of the jaw. The buttress material includes a hole in a second end of the buttress material for receipt of the post.
Claims8
1-12. (canceled)
A surgical stapler comprising:
- a first jaw having a staple cartridge and a second jaw including an anvil, at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw defining a tissue contacting surface defining a tissue contacting plane and a recess formed into the tissue contacting surface, at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw including at least one projection;
- and a staple line buttress material releasably disposed within the recess of the tissue contacting surface, the staple line buttress material defining a recess therein for receiving the at least one projection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.