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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2022
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);
Chad E. Eckert, Terrace Park, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A staple cartridge assembly includes a cartridge body with a deck, a longitudinal slot defined in the deck, and staple cavities defined in the deck. The staple cartridge assembly includes staples removably stored in the staple cavities, wherein the staples are deployable from the staple cavities into tissue of a patient, and wherein the staples comprise substrates comprised of metal that degrades when exposed to a degradation source in the patient. The staple cartridge assembly includes an implantable adjunct, wherein the staples are configured to hold the implantable adjunct to the tissue, and wherein the implantable adjunct is configured to delay an initiation of the degradation of regions of the metal in contact with the implantable adjunct in the patient, and wherein the implantable adjunct is configured to modify a local environment surrounding the staples to control a degradation rate of the staples after the initial delay.