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Materials delivery system for stapling device

  • US 9,408,963 B2
  • Filed: 02/19/2014
  • Issued: 08/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical stapling device comprising:

  • an elongate member;

    a jaw assembly positioned on a distal end of the elongate member, the jaw assembly including first and second jaws movably mounted relative to each other, each of the first and second jaws defining a tissue contacting surface and a longitudinally extending knife slot configured to receive a knife, at least one of the tissue contacting surfaces of the first and second jaws defining a pocket; and

    a treatment material positioned within the pocket, wherein the pocket is in superposed relation with the knife slot of at least one of the first and second jaws such that as the knife is advanced through the knife slot of the at least one of the first and second jaws, the knife moves through the treatment material.

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