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Surgical stapling apparatus including releasable surgical buttress

  • US 10,357,249 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2016
  • Issued: 07/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapling apparatus, the staple cartridge assembly comprising:

  • a cartridge body including a proximal end, a distal end, a side surface extending from the distal end and towards the proximal end, and a tissue contacting surface at the distal end defining a plurality of staple retaining slots; and

    a surgical buttress including a buttress body and a flange formed from a common material, the buttress body having an inner terminal radial edge defining an aperture and an outer terminal radial edge, the flange extending from at least one of the inner or outer terminal radial edges of the buttress body, the flange having a stiffened region having ruffles, wherein the stiffened region is formed by increasing rigidity of the flange such that a rigidity of the stiffened region is greater than a rigidity of the buttress body, and wherein the ruffles are secured to the side surface of the cartridge body for maintaining the buttress body of the surgical buttress on the tissue contacting surface of the cartridge body.

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