Patent ID: 7845533
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical stapler for deploying staples in tissue, comprising: a pair of jaws for engaging tissue, the pair of jaws including a staple cartridge and an anvil, at least one of the jaws defining a plurality of recesses; a staple line buttress material including a tissue contacting surface and a jaw contacting surface, the staple line buttress material positioned on the at least one jaw such that the jaw contacting surface abuts the jaw; and a plurality of buttress material retainers passing through the staple line buttress material, wherein at least a portion of each of the plurality of buttress material retainers extends transversely across the tissue contacting surface of the staple line buttress material to releasably retain the staple line buttress material on the at least one jaw, each of the plurality of buttress material retainers being disposed within a selected one of the plurality of recesses of at least one of the pair of jaws so as to releasably retain the staple line buttress material on the at least one jaw, wherein at least one of the buttress material retainers is a staple having a backspan and a pair of legs extending from the backspan.