Buttress Assembly for a Surgical Stapler

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a buttress assembly for a surgical stapler, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , the opposite bottom plan view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , the side elevation view of FIG. 4 being opposite to the side elevational view of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 A is an enlarged view of FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 A is an enlarged view of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 7 A is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , taken along line 7 A- 7 A of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 B is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , taken along line 7 B- 7 B of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 C is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , taken along line 7 C- 7 C of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 A is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 3 , taken along line 8 A- 8 A of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 8 A 1 is an enlarged view of FIG. 8 A ;

FIG. 8 B is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 3 , taken along line 8 B- 8 B of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 8 B 1 is an enlarged view of FIG. 8 B ;

FIG. 8 C is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 3 , taken along line 8 C- 8 C of FIG. 3 ; and,

FIG. 8 C 1 is an enlarged view of FIG. 8 C .

The evenly-spaced broken lines in the drawings are included for purpose of illustrating portions of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash-dot broken lines in the drawings are included for the purpose of defining the boundary of the claim, it being understood that the region between the dot-dash-dot broken lines and the dot-dash-dot broken lines themselves form no part of the claimed design.