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Surgical apparatus including surgical buttress

  • US 9,974,542 B2
  • Filed: 09/02/2016
  • Issued: 05/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of mounting a surgical buttress to an end effector for a surgical stapling apparatus, the method comprising:

  • providing an end effector for a surgical stapling apparatus, the end effector including a first jaw assembly defining a plurality of fastener retaining slots and a second jaw assembly defining a plurality of fastener forming pockets, at least one of the first and second jaw assemblies defining a plurality of recesses;

    providing a surgical buttress formed of a first material;

    providing a second material on the surgical buttress at predetermined locations on the surgical buttress;

    placing the surgical buttress against a tissue contacting surface of one of the first jaw assembly or the second jaw assembly;

    exposing the surgical buttress to heat and pressure to move the second material into the plurality of recesses; and

    removing the heat and pressure to interlock the second material within the plurality of recesses to secure the surgical buttress on at least one of the first jaw assembly or the second jaw assembly.

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