Surgical Stapler and Method
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to surgical instruments including a staple anvil formed in a distal end of the surgical stapler and a staple cartridge selectively receivable in a distal end of the surgical stapler and in juxtaposition relative to the staple anvil, the staple cartridge including one or more laterally spaced apart rows of staple slots formed in an upper surface thereof, a plurality of surgical staples disposed, one each, within the staple slots, and a staple line reinforcing system configured and adapted to augment the strength of the staple line formed by the firing of the surgical staples into body tissue, wherein the surgical stapler concomitantly drives the plurality of surgical staples through the adjacent layers of body tissue to mechanically secure the body tissue and activates the reinforcing system to non-mechanically secure the adjacent layers of body tissue to one another.
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95 Claims
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1-74. -74. (canceled)
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75. A surgical stapler comprising:
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a first jaw having a staple cartridge containing a plurality of surgical staples, and having a working surface with a plurality of staple slots formed therein; a second jaw having a staple anvil, such that during the operation of the surgical stapler the staple cartridge and the staple anvil can be approximated relative to one another; a driving member for firing the surgical staples from their staple slots and against the staple anvil; the staple cartridge having a liner, the liner defining a reservoir in communication with a plurality of ducts formed in the working surface of the staple cartridge, the liner having a first position in which the reservoir has a first volume, and a second position in which the reservoir has a second volume, the second volume being less than the first; and a quantity of biocompatible wound closure material disposed in the reservoir and the quantity of biocompatible wound closure material being selected so that the wound closure material is forced from the reservoir through the ducts as the liner moves from the first position to the second position. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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86. A surgical stapler comprising:
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a first jaw having a staple cartridge having a longitudinally extending working surface with a plurality of staple slots formed therein, the staple slots being arranged in a plurality of longitudinally extending rows, each staple slot containing one of a plurality of surgical staples and one of a plurality of staple pushers disposed in each slot so as to push the corresponding staple from the slot; a second jaw having a staple anvil, such that during the operation of the surgical stapler the staple cartridge and the staple anvil can be approximated relative to one another; a driving member for moving longitudinally to drive the surgical staples from their staple slots and against the staple anvil; the staple cartridge having a longitudinally extending liner, the liner defining a reservoir in communication with a plurality of ducts formed in the working surface of the staple cartridge, the liner being disposed adjacent the driving member, the driving member compressing the reservoir as it moves longitudinally; and a quantity of biocompatible wound closure material disposed in the reservoir and the quantity of biocompatible wound closure material being selected so that the wound closure material is forced from the reservoir through the ducts as the driving member moves longitudinally. - View Dependent Claims (87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95)
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