Patent ID: 8579785

Claim:
A surgical staple device capable of contemporaneously delivering surgical staples and radioactive source staples to a surgical margin, comprising: a. a main staple body segment hingedly attached to a second body segment, said segments being appointed to engage for delivery of said surgical staples and said radioactive source staples to said surgical margin; b. a cartridge removably attached and snapped onto said main staple body segment; c. said cartridge having at least one surgical staple line comprising said surgical staples; d. said cartridge having at least one source staple line comprising said radioactive source staples, said radioactive source staples comprising brachytherapy seeds having at least one radioactive seed agent dosage source, said radioactive seed agent dosage source being supported by leg portions that are manipulated during insert for fastening said radioactive source staples to tissue at said surgical margin; wherein said radioactive seed agent dosage source is capable of being delivered directly to said surgical margin and wherein different dosage brachytherapy seeds can be loaded in the cartridge.