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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Jeevan Maddur Shankarsetty, Bangalore, IN;
Hari Naga Mahesh Kalepu, Hyderabad, IN;
Jitendra Bhargava Srinivas, Hyderabad, IN;
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical stapling apparatus includes an end effector having an anvil assembly and a staple cartridge assembly, and an anvil buttress retention system releasably disposed on the anvil assembly. The anvil buttress retention system includes an anvil buttress and a retention member including an elongated body looped around at least a portion of the anvil buttress with a free end of the elongated body extendable through a looped end of the elongated body in an untightened configuration such that the anvil buttress retention system is slidable relative to the anvil assembly. The free end of the retention member is movable relative to and through the looped end to a tightened configuration to secure the anvil buttress retention system to the anvil assembly.