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Surgical stapling apparatus

  • US 10,111,659 B2
  • Filed: 11/06/2015
  • Issued: 10/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A staple cartridge assembly comprising:

  • a staple cartridge defining staple retaining pockets;

    a surgical buttress releasably secured to an upper surface of the staple cartridge, the surgical buttress being preloaded onto the staple cartridge; and

    a distal anchor and a proximal anchor each securing the surgical buttress to the upper surface of the staple cartridge, the upper surface of the staple cartridge having a proximal pair of recesses formed therein for engaging the proximal anchor and a distal pair of recesses formed therein for engaging the distal anchor, wherein at least one recess of the distal pair of recesses is formed in a longitudinally-extending lateral side surface of the staple cartridge and constricting so as to frictionally engage an end portion of the distal anchor.

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