The present disclosure provides medical products and methods including an applicator tip for connection to a syringe. The applicator tip is advantageous when dispensing viscous fluids, such as adhesives and/or sealants.

This assembly includes a tubular body and a cap attached to the tubular body to define a chamber for an active material. The tubular body includes a transverse wall and a peripheral wall and the cap includes a base wall and a side wall. The chamber is delimited by a part of the tubular body including the transverse wall and is closed by the cap. The side wall of the cap on its periphery includes a plurality of longitudinal features in relief which cooperate by mutual engagement with complementary longitudinal features in relief provided on the peripheral wall of the tubular body substantially parallel to its longitudinal axis (X.sub.2).

The disclosure relates to a multifunctional sharps container having a first dispensing compartment for storing unused sharps and a second compartment for receiving used sharps. The first and second compartments are separated by a generally liquid impermeable partition fixed to the walls of the container. In addition, the first and second compartments are provided with apertures and structures for conveying the sharps, out of and into the compartments respectively, which are functional in at least two orientations of the container.

A method of preparing a staple cartridge includes forming first staples with a first alloy, and forming second staples with a second alloy that is different than the first alloy. The method includes positioning the first staples into staple cavities of a first row of staple cavities of the staple cartridge, the first row of staple cavities being a first distance from an elongate slot of the staple cartridge, and positioning the second staples into staple cavities of a second row of staple cavities, the second row of staple cavities being a second distance from the elongate slot of the staple cartridge. The second distance is greater than the first distance. The first staples are configured to degrade at a first rate in a tissue environment, and the second staples are configured to degrade at a second rate that is different than the first rate.

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.

A cabinet for storing surgical instruments the cabinet including: a casing, wherein the casing encloses an interior space with at least one mounting device configured to hold a surgical instrument; a ventilation unit configured to supply drying gas to the interior space; and a cooling unit and a drying unit connected to the ventilation unit, wherein the drying unit is configured to reduce the humidity of the drying gas, and the cooling unit is configured to cool down the drying gas before it enters the interior space to a temperature below 15 C.

Staple cartridges including bioabsorbable staples are disclosed. The staples are configured such that they are bioabsorbable within a desired time frame.

An air-tight desiccating container for storing therein a sensor to be implanted into a subcutaneous portion of a living body is disclosed. The air-tight desiccating container includes a housing, an implanting module, a detachable module mounted on the housing, a bottom cover and a desiccating element. The housing includes an accommodating space and a bottom opening having a first joint portion. The implanting module is mounted in the housing and includes a needle implanting device and a needle extracting device. The detachable module includes the sensor having a chemical reagent for measuring a physiological signal from the living body having a skin surface and a lower mount base configured to assemble the sensor thereon. The bottom cover is detachably coupled to the bottom opening, and has a second joint portion.

A rigid sterile barrier for protecting and maintaining a sterile environment for a medical device is disclosed. The rigid sterile barrier comprises a thermoformed tray and a top foil comprising a desiccant.

Recyclable analyte monitoring devices are provided. For example, a tray may be use with an applicator for delivery of an analyte sensor. The tray may include a housing including a sensor carrier configured to secure a sensor control device within an interior of the applicator, a lid removably sealed to the housing to seal the interior of the housing until being removed just prior to use of the applicator to apply the sensor control device to a user's body, and a removable desiccant pouch including a silica gel enclosed by a vapor-permeable membrane. The desiccant pouch may be in fluid communication with an interior of the housing for humidity control.