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 elevational 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. 5A 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. 6A is an enlarged view of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 7A 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. 7B 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. 7C 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. 8A is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , taken along line 8 A- 8 A of FIG. 3 ;

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

FIG. 8B is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , taken along line 8 B- 8 B of FIG. 3 ;

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

FIG. 8C is a cross-sectional view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 1 , taken along line 8 C- 8 C of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 8 C 1 is an enlarged view of FIG. 8C ; and,

FIG. 9 is a partial enlarged view of the buttress assembly for a surgical stapler of FIG. 4 .

The dot-dot-dash broken lines in the drawings are included as reference lines that define areas of enlarged views, it being understood that the dot-dot-dash broken lines themselves form no part of the claimed design.