Patent ID: 9107665
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical stapling instrument, comprising: a handle assembly; a body portion extending from the handle assembly; surgical stapler jaws including a staple cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly disposed at a distal end of the body portion, each of the staple cartridge assembly and anvil assembly having a tissue contacting surface; a staple line reinforcement material; a sheet having a first side and a second side, the second side being attached to at least one of the tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge assembly or the tissue contacting surface of the anvil assembly; and a fastener having two parts, the two parts including a hook and a loop, one of the hook and the loop extending from the first side of the sheet, the staple line reinforcement material having the other of the hook and the loop.