CENTER CINCH AND RELEASE OF BUTTRESS MATERIAL
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Abstract
A buttressed anvil assembly is provided for use with a surgical stapling instrument. The buttressed anvil assembly generally includes an anvil member having a strip of buttress material attached thereto by a pair of sutures. A tensioning mechanism is provided to secure or tension the buttress material to the anvil member prior to use and allow for release of the buttress material after stapling of tissue. The tensioning mechanism includes a cinch track engageable with one of the pair of sutures.
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9 Claims
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1-1. -1. (canceled)
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2. A surgical stapling apparatus, comprising:
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a pair of jaws, one of the jaws including a staple cartridge and the other of the jaws being an anvil assembly, each of the pair of jaws having a tissue contacting surface; a surgical buttress positioned against the tissue contacting surface of each of the jaws; a suture member passing across the tissue contacting surface of at least one of the pair of jaws and overlying the surgical buttress of the at least one of the jaws; and the surgical buttress being pre-attached onto the tissue contacting surface of each of the jaws. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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