Surgical stapling apparatus including releasable buttress
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1. A staple cartridge for use with a surgical stapling apparatus, the staple cartridge comprising:
- a cartridge body;
a plurality of staples disposed within the cartridge body, each staple including a crown and at least one leg depending from the crown;
a tissue contacting surface of the cartridge body defining staple retaining slots, each staple retaining slot having a first end and a second end; and
a buttress material secured to the cartridge body by a plurality of welds joining the buttress material to the tissue contacting surface,the plurality of welds being in registration with at least the first end and second end of a portion of the staple retaining slots of the tissue contacting surface such that the at least one leg of the staple impacts at least one of the plurality of welds when the staple is ejected from the staple retaining slot.
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Abstract
A staple cartridge for use with a surgical stapling apparatus includes a cartridge body, a plurality of staples disposed within the cartridge body, a tissue contacting surface on the cartridge body defining staple retaining slots dimensioned to releasably retain a staple, and a buttress material including at least one weld joining the buttress material to the tissue contacting surface of the cartridge body. The at least one weld is positioned to at least partially overlie a staple retaining slot.
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1. A staple cartridge for use with a surgical stapling apparatus, the staple cartridge comprising:
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a cartridge body; a plurality of staples disposed within the cartridge body, each staple including a crown and at least one leg depending from the crown; a tissue contacting surface of the cartridge body defining staple retaining slots, each staple retaining slot having a first end and a second end; and a buttress material secured to the cartridge body by a plurality of welds joining the buttress material to the tissue contacting surface, the plurality of welds being in registration with at least the first end and second end of a portion of the staple retaining slots of the tissue contacting surface such that the at least one leg of the staple impacts at least one of the plurality of welds when the staple is ejected from the staple retaining slot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A staple cartridge for use with a surgical stapling apparatus, the staple cartridge comprising:
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a cartridge body having a tissue contacting surface defining staple retaining slots, each staple retaining slot having a first end and second end; and a buttress material secured to the cartridge body by a plurality of welds joining the buttress material to the tissue contacting surface, the plurality of welds being in registration with at least the first end and the second end of a portion of the staple retaining slots. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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