Patent ID: 8353930

Claim:
A surgical stapling apparatus, comprising: a body portion; an actuation assembly operatively supported at a proximal end of the body portion; a staple pusher member operatively disposed at a distal end of the body portion and being operatively connected to the actuation assembly for expelling staples from the body portion; an anvil assembly movably mounted at the distal end of the body portion for movement toward and away from the staple pusher member; an approximation assembly extending between the body portion and the anvil assembly for moving the anvil assembly toward and away from the body portion; and a wound treatment material dispersion system for delivering wound treatment material to a target surgical site, the dispersion system including: at least one port formed in the anvil assembly oriented to dispense wound treatment material in an outward direction; and an ampoule containing a wound treatment material and being configured for selective disposition within the anvil assembly and for selective fluid communication with each of the at least one port.