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Structure for attaching buttress material to anvil and cartridge of surgical stapling instrument

  • US 10,368,868 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2017
  • Issued: 08/06/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An end effector of a surgical stapler, comprising:

  • first and second jaw members, the first jaw member moveable relative to the second jaw member, the first jaw member including a contact surface, a first projection, and a catch, the catch including first and second fingers distal of the first projection, the second finger biased toward the contact surface; and

    a buttress material defining a longitudinal axis, the buttress material releasably secured to the first jaw member, the buttress material defining first, second, and third slots formed therein, the first projection of the first jaw member received in the first slot of the buttress material, the first finger of the catch received in the second slot of the buttress material.

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