Patent ID: 9113873
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a buttress material with a surgical stapler instrument, comprising: providing a surgical stapler instrument having a jaw assembly, the jaw assembly having an anvil and a staple cartridge, the staple cartridge having a pocket; positioning a buttress material over at least one of the anvil and staple cartridge, wherein said buttress material has preformed holes to receive legs of a buttress retaining a staple therethrough; inserting the buttress retaining staple through the buttress material such that the legs of the buttress retaining staple extend into the pocket of the staple cartridge and such that a backspan portion of the buttress retaining staple extends across the buttress material, and the backspan portion of the buttress retaining staple contacts a tissue contacting surface of the buttress material; and crimping the legs of the buttress retaining staple within the respective pocket of the staple cartridge so as to releasably retain the buttress material against the staple cartridge.