A staple cartridge comprising a cartridge body, a longitudinal slot defined in the cartridge body, and a deck surface positioned on a first side of the longitudinal slot is disclosed. The deck surface comprises a plurality of staple cavity openings. The staple cartridge further comprises staples removable stored in the staple cavity openings, a honeycomb extension extending above the deck surface, and a plurality of through holes defined in the honeycomb extension. Each through hole is aligned with a corresponding staple cavity opening. Each through hole is larger than the corresponding staple cavity opening. The through holes are configured to prevent the flow of tissue when the staples are ejected from the staple cavity openings during a staple firing stroke.

A surgical instrument comprising an elongate channel, an anvil, a staple cartridge, a firing member, and a lockout key is disclosed. The elongate channel comprises a blocking member. The staple cartridge comprises staples and a sled movable from a proximal end position to an intermediate position and then to a distal position during a staple firing stroke. The firing member is movable distally to advance the sled through the staple cartridge during the staple firing stroke to eject the staples from the staple cartridge. The firing member comprises a cutting edge. The lockout key is movably mounted to the sled. The lockout key is movable between an unactuated position and an actuated position during the staple firing stroke. The lockout key lifts the firing member over the blocking member when the lockout key is moved from the unactuated position toward the actuated position.

A sterile packaging assembly configured to receive a surgical instrument is disclosed. The sterile packaging assembly comprises a vacuum-molded tray and a particulate trap. The vacuum-molded tray comprises an instrument cavity configured to receive the surgical instrument, and a trap cavity. The particulate trap is positioned in the trap cavity. The particulate trap comprises a housing including a funnel shaped side terminating in an opening. The opening is in communication with a chamber defined in the particulate trap.

A surgical instrument for fastening and cutting tissue is disclosed. The surgical instrument comprises a firing member, a drive assembly, a control circuit, and a bailout lever. The firing member is movable distally during a firing stroke. The drive assembly comprises a drive rack operably engaged with the firing member, a drive gear operably engaged with the drive rack, and a brushless motor operably engaged with the drive gear. The brushless motor is configured to transmit rotary motions to the drive gear. The control circuit is configured to control the supply of power from a power source to the brushless motor. The bailout lever is configured to be manually actuated by a user of the surgical instrument between an unactuated position and an actuated position to retract the firing member. The brushless motor is back-driven when the bailout lever is moved from the unactuated position to the actuated position.

A surgical instrument comprising a handle, an elongate shaft, an end effector, an articulation joint, an articulation knob, an articulation member, and an articulation lock is disclosed. The end effector is rotatably coupled to the elongate shaft by the articulation joint. The articulation knob is rotatable between an un-rotated position and rotated positions. The articulation lock comprises a lock member configured to move between a locked position where the lock member is engaged with a detent of the end effector and an unlocked position where the lock member is disengaged from the end effector. The lock member is movable between the locked position and the unlocked position by the articulation knob. The articulation member is moved from a proximal position toward a distal position to articulate the end effector when the articulation knob is moved from the un-rotated position toward a rotated position.

A staple cartridge comprising staples that are lubricated before they are loaded into the staple cartridge and after they have been loaded into the staple cartridge is disclosed.

The medical device warmer is adapted for use with endoscopes. Specifically, the medical device warmer is a mechanical apparatus that is adapted to store and warm an endoscope during an endoscopic procedure. The medical device warmer is provisioned as a support kit. The support kit contains the medical device warmer as well as associated equipment and materials required for an endoscopic procedure. During an endoscopic procedure the support kit is clipped with a plurality of clips to the surgical draping used in the procedure to allow medical personnel ready access to the equipment. The medical device warmer comprises a warming cylinder, a cap and a support kit.

A method and apparatus of adaptively controlling a surgical stapling instrument are disclose. The method includes identifying a staple cartridge type, configuring the surgical stapling instrument based on the identified staple cartridge, and adaptively controlling, by a control circuit, operation/functionality of the surgical stapling instrument based on the configuration of the surgical stapling instrument loaded with the identified staple cartridge type. The apparatus includes a control circuit including a microcontroller and a memory coupled to the microcontroller. The memory stores machine executable instructions that when executed by the microcontroller cause the microcontroller to execute the above method.

A sharps container for safe storage of used pen needles, pen needle assemblies, syringe needles, syringe needle covers, and combinations thereof having a substantially non-porous housing which includes a receiver which receives and actively conveys external pen needles, pen needle assemblies, syringe needles, syringe needle covers, and combinations thereof into the interior of the housing; an internal storage compartment sized to facilitate the safe storage of a plurality of used pen needles or syringe needles and optional needle covers. The internal storage compartment including a material capable of absorbing and storing fluids which may incidentally be associated with the used pen needles or syringe needles. The receiver for pen needles, pen needle assemblies, syringe needles, syringe needle covers, and combinations thereof is visually distinguished from the surrounding portions of the housing by one or both of having a different color or different color patterning relative to the surrounding housing.

A surgical device includes at least one electronic component having a moisture collection agent sealed therein that is configured to protect electronic elements of the electronic component and/or a moisture mitigation system including a moisture migration component disposed within the surgical device and a moisture collection agent disposed adjacent to the moisture migration component to remove moisture from within the surgical device. The at least one electronic component may include a substrate, electronic elements disposed on a surface of the substrate, a coating covering the surface of the substrate and the electronic elements disposed thereon, and a moisture collection agent disposed between the substrate and the coating to control moisture at the surface of the substrate. The at least one electronic component may include a substrate having a base and a cover defining a sealed cavity therein, and electronic elements and a moisture collection agent disposed within the sealed cavity.