Patent ID: 9277922
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for joining two hollow organ sections with an annular array of surgical staples, the apparatus comprising: a staple cartridge component including a plurality of surgical staples in an annular array; an anvil component defining a plurality of staple pockets for forming the surgical staples, the anvil component movable relative to the staple cartridge component between spaced apart and approximated positions to adjustably clamp the organ sections between the staple cartridge and anvil components; a knife member concentrically arranged in the staple cartridge component, the knife member movable relative to the staple cartridge component; a buttress component including a buttress member concentrically aligned with the plurality of surgical staples and a rim extending proximally from an outer radial edge of the buttress member, the rim including a plurality of circumferentially arranged loops; and an attachment member engaged by the loops.