Patent ID: 8011555

Claim:
A surgical stapling apparatus, comprising: a cartridge assembly defining a tissue contacting surface and a longitudinally extending elongate slot; an anvil assembly defining a tissue contacting surface and a longitudinally extending elongate slot; and a surgical buttress releasably secured to at least one of the tissue contacting surface of the cartridge assembly and the tissue contacting surface of the anvil assembly by at least one anchor, wherein each buttress defines a notch formed in a proximal edge thereof and substantially aligned with the longitudinally extending elongate slot of a respective cartridge assembly and anvil assembly, at least one of the cartridge assembly and the anvil assembly including: a pair of constricting slots formed in a respective side edge thereof, wherein a suture extends across the pair of constricting slots of the at least one of the cartridge assembly and the anvil assembly for securing the surgical buttress thereto.