摘要 |
The present disclosure relates to surgical instruments (100) including a staple anvil formed in a distal end of the surgical stapler and a staple cartridge (104) selectively receivable in a distal end of the surgical stapl er and in juxtaposition relative to the staple anvil, the staple cartridge including one or more laterally spaced apart rows of staple slots (124) form ed in an upper surface thereof, a plurality of surgical staples (S) disposed, o ne each, within the staple slots, and a staple line reinforcing system configur ed and adapted to augment the strength of the staple line formed by the firing of the surgical staples into body tissue, wherein the surgical stapler concomitantly drives the plurality of surgical staples through the adjacent layers of body tissue (T) to mechanically secure the body tissue and activat es the reinforcing system to non-mechanically secure the adjacent layers of bod y tissue to one another.
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