Surgical fasteners coated with wound treatment materials

1. A surgical fastener for use in combination with a surgical fastener applying apparatus, the surgical fastener comprising:

a pair of legs;

a crown interconnecting the pair of legs; and

a wound treatment material impregnated into the legs and the crown, the fastener being made of at least one of stainless steel and titanium, and the wound treatment material includes a material selected from the group consisting of glycolide, glycolic acid, lactide, lactic acid, p-dioxanone, α-caprolactone and trimethylene carbonate.

2. The surgical fastener according to claim 1 , wherein the surgical fastener is a staple.

3. The surgical fastener according to claim 1 , wherein the surgical fastener comprises a two-part fastener.

4. The surgical fastener according to claim 1 , wherein the material is at least one of Polyglycolic Acid (PGA) and Polylactic Acid (PLA).

5. The surgical fastener according to claim 1 , further comprising hemostat selected from the group consisting of fibrin-based, collagen-based, oxidized regenerated cellulose-based and gelatin-based topical hemostats.

6. The surgical fastener according to claim 1 , further comprising a medicament selected from the group consisting of drugs, enzymes, growth factors, peptides, proteins, dyes, diagnostic, agents or hemostasis agents, monoclonal antibodies, or any other pharmaceutical used in the prevention of stenosis.

7. The surgical fastener according to claim 1 , wherein each leg includes a sharpened distal end.

8. The surgical fastener according to claim 1 , wherein the crown is linear.