#$%^&*AU2009230819B220141218.pdf#####POUCH USED TO DELIVER MEDICATION WHEN RUPTURED Abstract An anvil assembly (26) for a circular stapling device (10) includes an anvil head (34) configured to support an anvil plate (36) thereon, a shaft (28) extending from the 5 anvil head (34) and configured to selectively engage a rod member of the circular stapling device (10), an anvil plate (36) operatively connected to the anvil head (34), wherein the anvil plate (36) includes an inner diametral edge, and wherein the anvil plate (36) defines a plurality of staple forming pockets (38) therein at a location radially outward of the inner diametral edge, a recess formed in the anvil head (34), wherein the recess is defined 1o by the inner diametral edge of the anvil plate (36) and a rear surface of the anvil head (34), and a wound treatment material disposed substantially within the recess.1/17 CDJ co C'%D c'Jo 0. 00.2/17 34b 34 2 6V 104 36a - 38 28 3 FIG. 2A 34 104 038 28I36 FIG. 2B11/17 ----- CC~j CLAa a
