SURGICAL ADJUNCTS AND MEDICANTS FOR PROMOTING LUNG FUNCTION

摘要

Surgical adjuncts and medicants for promoting lung function are provided. In general, an implantable adjunct can have one or more medicants releasably retained therein that are configured to promote lung function. The adjunct can be configured to be applied to lung tissue in conjunction with surgical staples using a surgical stapler. The one or more medicants can be configured to promote lung function in a variety of ways. For example, the one or more medicants can be effective to increase oxygen concentration. For another example of the one or more medicants being configured to promote lung function, the at least one medicant can be configured to treat contaminants in lung tissue.

主权项

1. A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapler, comprising:
a cartridge body having a plurality of staple cavities, each staple cavity having a surgical staple disposed therein; a biocompatible adjunct material releasably retained on the cartridge body and configured to be delivered to lung tissue by deployment of the staples in the cartridge body to form at least one line of deployed staples; and an effective amount of at least one medicant, the at least one medicant being disposed within and releasable from the adjunct material, the at least one medicant being effective to increase oxygen concentration of blood adjacent the at least one line of deployed staples.