Patent 12076013 was granted and assigned to Covidien on September, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Surgical buttress attachment assemblies for surgical stapling apparatus include a staple cartridge and a surgical buttress releasably secured to the staple cartridge. The staple cartridge includes buttress attachment features, such as posts, covers, and/or slots, and the surgical buttress are configured to engage the buttress attachment features of the staple cartridge.