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STRUCTURE FOR APPLYING SPRAYABLE WOUND TREATMENT MATERIAL

  • US 20110147432A1
  • Filed: 03/03/2011
  • Published: 06/23/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A guard for use in combination with an anastomotic surgical stapling apparatus, wherein the surgical stapling apparatus is configured and adapted to deliver wound treatment material to a target surgical site, wherein the guard comprises:

  • a central hub defining a lumen therethrough for receiving a stem of an anvil assembly of the surgical stapling apparatus; and

    an annular cuff supported on the central hub and extending at least substantially therearound, wherein the annular cuff is disposed radially outward of a staple line of the surgical stapling apparatus.

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