Patent ID: 8225981

Claim:
A method of performing a surgical anastomosis procedure, comprising the steps of: providing a surgical anastomosis apparatus having an anvil assembly movably mounted with respect to a body portion and a wound treatment material dispersion system disposed between the anvil assembly and the body portion for dispensing wound treatment material onto a target surgical site, the wound treatment material dispersion system including: at least one ejection port configured to dispense at least one fluid; and at least one conduit for conducting wound treatment material to the wound treatment material dispersion system; disposing the anvil assembly into a first intestinal section and securing the first intestinal section to the anvil assembly; disposing the body portion into a second intestinal section and securing the second intestinal section to the body portion; actuating the wound treatment material dispersion system to dispense wound treatment material onto at least one of the first and the second intestinal sections; approximating the anvil assembly toward the body portion; dispensing a first part of a multi-part wound treatment material from a first set of ejection ports formed in the wound treatment material dispersion system; dispensing a second part of the multi-part wound treatment material from a second set of ejection ports formed in the wound treatment material dispersion system; mixing the first and second parts of the multi-part wound treatment material; and dispensing a fluid from the wound treatment material dispersion system, in a direction transverse to the paths of dispersion of the first and second parts of the wound treatment material.