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Surgical apparatus including surgical buttress

  • US 10,245,031 B2
  • Filed: 02/19/2016
  • Issued: 04/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of attaching a surgical buttress to an anvil assembly or a cartridge assembly of a surgical stapler, comprising:

  • depositing an interlocking material onto a buttress body of the surgical buttress at one or more predetermined locations;

    applying heat to the buttress body to melt the interlocking material;

    allowing a portion of the interlocking material at each of the predetermined locations to pass into at least one lateral recess defined in the cartridge assembly or anvil assembly, the at least one lateral recess being defined by a plurality of walls, wherein at least two of the plurality of walls taper in opposing directions relative to one another from a buttress receiving end of the least one lateral recess to form a flared configuration; and

    solidifying the interlocking material so that the interlocking material mechanically interlocks within the at least one lateral recess.

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