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Patent Inventor Names
Gerald Hodgkinson0
Peter Hathaway0
Timothy D. Ebner0
Date of Patent
August 2, 2022
0Patent Application Number
166943690
Date Filed
November 25, 2019
0Patent Citations
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An end effector for a surgical stapling apparatus is provided which includes an anvil assembly and a surgical buttress. The anvil assembly includes an anvil body and an anvil plate. The anvil plate includes a bottom surface that defines a plurality of staple forming pockets. The anvil body and the anvil plate are selectively connectable. The surgical buttress includes a buttress body and a plurality of arms extending from the body. The arms are disposable between a top surface of the anvil plate and a bottom surface of the anvil body to support the buttress body against the bottom surface of the anvil plate when the anvil plate and the anvil body are connected to one another.
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