Detachable buttress material retention systems for use with a surgical stapling device
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1. A surgical stapler for deploying staples in tissue, comprising:
- a pair of jaws for engaging tissue, the pair of jaws including a staple cartridge and an anvil, at least one of the jaws defining a plurality of recesses;
a staple line buttress material positioned on one of the jaws; and
a plurality of retainers passing through the staple line buttress material, each of the retainers being disposed within one of the recesses so as to releasably retain the staple line buttress material on the at least one jaw.
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Abstract
Systems of releasably connecting staple line buttress material to the jaws of a surgical stapling instrument are provided. The systems include retainers configured to engage the buttress material and releasably retain the buttress material on the jaws of the surgical stapling instrument prior to stapling tissue. In certain embodiments, the retainers remain with the jaws of the instrument after stapling of tissue. In alternative embodiments, the retainers remain with the buttress material after being stapled to tissue.
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19 Claims
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1. A surgical stapler for deploying staples in tissue, comprising:
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a pair of jaws for engaging tissue, the pair of jaws including a staple cartridge and an anvil, at least one of the jaws defining a plurality of recesses; a staple line buttress material positioned on one of the jaws; and a plurality of retainers passing through the staple line buttress material, each of the retainers being disposed within one of the recesses so as to releasably retain the staple line buttress material on the at least one jaw. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of applying staple line buttress material to a surgical staple line, comprising;
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providing a surgical stapler having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil, the surgical stapler having a buttress material releasably disposed on at least one of the jaws and a plurality of retainers passing through the staple line buttress material and into recesses formed in the at least one jaw; actuating the surgical stapler to drive staples contained in the staple containing cartridge through the buttress material and tissue captured between the jaws and into the anvil so as to staple the buttress material to the tissue. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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