INTERLOCKING BUTTRESS MATERIAL RETENTION SYSTEM
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Abstract
A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured to frictionally engage corresponding slots in a first end the buttress material. One of the jaws includes a post at a second end of the jaw. The buttress material includes a hole in a second end of the buttress material for receipt of the post.
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21 Claims
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
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13. A surgical stapler comprising:
- a jaw assembly including a staple cartridge and an anvil, at least one of the staple cartridge and anvil having a tissue facing surface defining a at least one projection extending from the tissue facing surface of the at least one of the staple cartridge and anvil; and
a buttress material defining a recess therein for receiving the at least one projection so that the buttress material is releasably disposed against the tissue facing surface, the buttress material having a bioactive agent for delivery of the bioactive agent to tissue, the buttress material being recessed into the tissue facing surface. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- a jaw assembly including a staple cartridge and an anvil, at least one of the staple cartridge and anvil having a tissue facing surface defining a at least one projection extending from the tissue facing surface of the at least one of the staple cartridge and anvil; and
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