Folded buttress for use with a surgical apparatus
First Claim
1. A surgical stapling instrument, comprising:
- an end effector assembly having a staple cartridge with a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot, and an anvil plate having a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot; and
a surgical buttress overlying the tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge or the anvil plate and retained to the tissue contacting surface, the surgical buttress having a middle longitudinal portion and first and second longitudinal portions extending laterally from opposed sides of the middle longitudinal portion along an entire length of the surgical buttress, the first and second longitudinal portions being folded under the opposed sides of the middle longitudinal portion so as to lie adjacent a bottom surface of the surgical buttress and to define folded portions of the surgical buttress, and at least one notch disposed along the first longitudinal portion and at least one notch disposed along the second longitudinal portion.
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Abstract
An end effector for use with a surgical apparatus. The end effector comprising a staple cartridge having a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot and an anvil plate having a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot. A folded surgical buttress configured to overlie each of the tissue contacting surfaces of the staple cartridge and anvil plate and configured to retain the surgical buttress to the tissue contacting surfaces of each of the staple cartridge and anvil plate. The surgical buttress having a first longitudinal portion, a second longitudinal portion, and middle longitudinal portion between the first and second longitudinal portions, wherein the middle longitudinal portion is folded and configured to fit within the central longitudinal slot of each of the staple cartridge and anvil plate.
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12 Claims
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1. A surgical stapling instrument, comprising:
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an end effector assembly having a staple cartridge with a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot, and an anvil plate having a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot; and a surgical buttress overlying the tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge or the anvil plate and retained to the tissue contacting surface, the surgical buttress having a middle longitudinal portion and first and second longitudinal portions extending laterally from opposed sides of the middle longitudinal portion along an entire length of the surgical buttress, the first and second longitudinal portions being folded under the opposed sides of the middle longitudinal portion so as to lie adjacent a bottom surface of the surgical buttress and to define folded portions of the surgical buttress, and at least one notch disposed along the first longitudinal portion and at least one notch disposed along the second longitudinal portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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