摘要 |
<p>An anvil assembly comprising an anvil shaft and an anvil head, the anvil head having anvil depressions for forming surgical staples, the anvil head mounted to the anvil shaft, the anvil shaft having a longitudinal axis and first and second spaced apart cutouts formed therein, the cutouts progressively narrowing in width inwardly toward an opposite wall of the anvil shaft and configured and dimensioned to cinch a purse string suture positioned therein.</p> |