摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pouch used to deliver medication when ruptured, and a related method.SOLUTION: An anvil assembly for a circular stapling device includes an anvil head configured to support an anvil plate on the anvil head, a shaft extending from the anvil head and configured to selectively engage a rod member of the circular stapling device, an anvil plate operatively connected to the anvil head, where the anvil plate includes an inner diametral edge, and where the anvil plate defines a plurality of staple forming pockets in the anvil plate at a location radially outward of the inner diametral edge, a recess formed in the anvil head, where the recess is defined by the inner diametral edge of the anvil plate and a rear surface of the anvil head, and a wound treatment material disposed substantially within the recess. |